Wednesday, 6 December 2017

The Best Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe

By Amanda Sanders


Everybody likes a good chili, hot and delicious. Sometimes you don't have enough time to prepare it as it should be prepared, in a slow cooker, simmering there for hours. But, there is a much quicker version that tastes equally good. If you are trying to find the best black bean beef chili recipe, try these two.

For the fast version you need to chop two medium onions, 4 cloves garlic and one nice red sweet pepper. You also need to prepare one pound of fresh ground beef, one can black beans, rinsed and drained, one teaspoon of cumin, dry oregano and cocoa, unsweetened, twice as much chili powder, one large tablespoon of smoked paprika powder, olive oil, salt, pepper and beef broth, maybe a cup or two.

First, you need a large pan, half of a total amount of olive oil and bacon and garlic. Brown the bacon, add garlic and then remove these ingredients from your pan. Add the rest of the oil, add onions and cook until soft. After that, add chopped sweet peppers and salt and cook for another few minutes. Now you can add ground beef, cook for ten minutes and add other ingredients, including fried 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.

Start with a large pan, olive oil and chopped onions. They should be well fried and soft, before adding carrots, garlic and sweet peppers. Cook for a while and add meat and bacon. Cook for approximately ten minutes and add all other ingredients, including spices. Place this mixture into the slow cooker and cook for another two hours, or until done.

If you have some leftovers, and you don't know how to serve them, here is one simple idea for you. Grease the pan, put your leftovers in, cover with crushed tomatoes from can, add sour cream on and cover with grated cheese. Place everything into preheated oven and bake for half an hour or so. Serve with salad, mash potato or fresh vegetables, you will most certainly enjoy in this meal.




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