My sister Julia moved in with us earlier this week and she has been a lifelong potato hater. Crazy, right? While she's temporarily staying with us, I probably won't be making many potato dishes or including them in recipes, so I made sure to make this sweet potato chili last weekend, before she arrived. This chili was good, and a nice change from the standard spicy, meaty chili. It's a good vegetarian option if you're making a couple of different kinds (super bowl party?!). The orange juice adds an interesting flavor, which I really liked. Ryan and I both thought this was even better the second day, when we heated up the leftovers. All in all, this was a super easy crockpot recipe--I need to keep taking advantage of that genius cooking tool :)
Sweet Potato Chili
from A Year of SlowCooking, where you can find anything you've ever wanted to make in a crockpot!
Ingredients:
-2 sweet potatoes, peeled and in 2-in pieces (I used 3)
-1 yellow onion, diced
-2 garlic cloves, minced (I was feeling incredibly lazy and just added some garlic powder)
-1 can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
-1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
-1 can tomatoes, any kind (I accidentally omitted these, oops & darn! It was still good without though!)
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-1 tsp smoked paprika
-1 tsp chipotle chili powder (I omitted, we didn't have this and my spice cabinet is overflowing!)
-1/2 tsp kosher salt
-1 cup water
-1/2 cup orange juice (can substitute water)
Directions:
1. Peel and chunk the sweet potatoes and add to the pot.
2. Add the diced onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, beans, garlic, and seasonings.
3. Pour in the orange juice and water.
4. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, until sweet potatoes are tender. (I cooked on low for about 3 hours and then on high for an hour and it was good to go!)
This post is linked to Eat at Home.
6 comments:
I'm still stuck on the fact that your sister hates potatoes. How is this possible?
Does she like french fries? Or tater tots? How can she not like potatoes?! This chili sounds and looks yummy. I heart sweet potatoes.
Your sweet potato chili sounds delicious! Great combo of flavors :)
ha yup no potatoes of any form for her, so sad! she misses out on so many good recipes!!
so funny that you mention a super bowl party, i JUST fell in love with chili at a super bowl party 2 weekends ago or whenever that was! now i'm obsessed. your sis was a potato hater? i eat enough of them for the two of us! this recipe sounds great, i'm bookmarking it and will definitely make it soon, when i can kidnap my mom's crockpot
I actually think this sounds better without the tomatoes, the way you made it. Yum!
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