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Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe

By Amanda Sanders


There are so many great recipes you can enjoy in, but sometimes you simply have not enough time to prepare some of them. So, here you will find one black bean beef chili recipe you can prepare in one hour or so, and another one, that takes more time to prepare, but it's worth it. You won't be disappointed with either.

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.

First, put some of your olive oil in some large pan and fry bacon slices with garlic for a few seconds, and then remove them from the pan. Add remaining olive oil and chopped onions and fry for a while, until yellow and soft. Add peppers and salt and continue cooking for a few minutes, and then add ground meat. After browned, add other ingredients and continue cooking over low heat.

After a while, add spices and continue cooking on lowered heat for 20 minutes and your delicious meal is done. You can serve it in tortillas, on toasted bread, with various sliced vegetables or in a bowl, covered with sour cream and grated cheese, it's up to you.Green salad goes great with this dish, by the way.

If you have more time for preparing this great dish, you can prepare it in your slow cooker, and freeze the leftovers for a fast and nutritious snack when you feel the urge for something delicious and hot. The following recipe takes more time to prepare, but is equally delicious and just perfect for larger family gatherings and similar occasions.

So, for this slow cooker chili you need to chop four medium sized onions, two larger carrots, one red and one green sweet pepper and at least six cloves of garlic. You can use two pounds of diced or ground meat. You also need six slices of good smoked bacon, three cans crushed plum tomatoes, beef broth, cumin, oregano and cocoa, one teaspoon each and two teaspoons of hot chili powder, as well as one tablespoon, or two, of nice smoked paprika powder, salt, pepper, olive oil and, at the end, a spoon of red wine.

In a large pan, cook olive oil and salted chopped onions until soft and yellow, add garlic, carrots and sweet peppers and cook for another five minutes. Add diced meat and smoked bacon and cook until browned. Add smoked red paprika, spices and all other ingredients. Transfer everything into your slow cooker and cook for at least two hours on low heat.

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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