Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe

By Amanda Sanders


You will find numerous great recipes for different dishes. Some of these dishes can be easily prepared while others require more time and effort. In any case, you might find this delicious black bean beef chili recipe quite interesting, and it is really easy to prepare. For those with more time, there is another recipe down there.

Ingredients: two medium size onions, chopped, four cloves garlic, chopped, 1 sweet pepper chopped, four slices of smoked bacon, 1 pound ground beef, 1 can black beans, 2 cans crushed tomatoes, 2 teaspoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 tablespoon paprika powder, 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa, half of a can of a beef broth, olive oil, red pepper and salt.

In a large pan, on medium heat, brown slices of smoked bacon on a little bit of olive oil, together with garlic. Remove bacon and garlic from the pan, add more olive oil and chopped onions. After a while, add chopped sweet paprika and a little bit of salt. Cook for a few minutes, and add ground beef. Cook for another five to ten minutes, and add rinsed and drained black beans and previously removed bacon and garlic.

After a few minutes, add other ingredients and spices and leave everything cooking on low heat for twenty minutes or so. Add more salt or more other ingredients if you, for example, like your chili to be really hot. Serve with fresh sliced vegetables and green salad, tortilla or toasted bread. Some people prefer serving this specialty with grated hard cheese and sour cream instead.

The first recipe is really delicious, but some people say there is nothing like slowly cooked one. You might need more time, but it is definitely worth it. Maybe you should consider preparing double size, and keep a bowl or two of this delicious dish in your freezer. For larger group of people this amount will probably not be enough, anyway.

For this tasty slow cooker chili you will need three to four onions, depending on their size, two larger carrots, maybe six or seven garlic cloves, six slices of good smoked bacon, two pounds of diced beef, one green and one red chopped sweet peppers, one whole can of good broth, olive oil, cumin, oregano and cocoa powder, unsweetened, one teaspoon each, one tablespoon smoked paprika and three teaspoons of chili powder, salt, pepper, two cans of black beans, three cans tomatoes and a spoon of good red wine.

First, you have to fry your onions on olive oil in some large pan. When yellow, add carrots, chopped peppers, salt and garlic. After that, you can add meat and bacon. When it is brown, add spices and broth, beans and tomatoes. Put everything into the slow cooker and let it simmer for another two hours or so. Everything should be soft and tender.

It all depends on your personal taste, but you can also grease one large pan, spread some cooked chili on, cover it with crushed plum tomatoes from a can, sour cream and grated hard cheese, and bake it in the oven for maybe 30 to 40 minutes, and you will get another interesting dish you will certainly find to be delicious. It's great served with fresh vegetables and mash potatoes.




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