Description
Traditionally, chili has a little bit of chocolate or cocoa powder in it. A little bit. But what if it had quite a bit more than a little bit? Introducing "Chocolate Chili", with a whopping cup of carob powder. It's incidentally vegetarian. Have you seen meat prices lately? I'm not wasting my hard earned money on this potentially stupid idea
Time
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
8 hours
Total Time:
8 hours
20 minutes
Cost
Total Cost:
Cost per Serving:
$1.69
Ingredients
Serving(s)
Beans
- 1 batch Slow Cooker Dried Beans
Veggies
- 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 4 medium Onion
- 4 medium Bell pepper
- 1/4 cup Chili powder
- 1 tbsp Cumin, ground
- 1/2 tbsp Salt
Rest
- 2 tbsp Minced garlic
- 28 oz can Crushed tomatoes
- 14.5 oz can Diced tomatoes
Star
- 1 cup Carob powder
Instructions
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- Preheat a large pan over medium heat with oil. Cut your onions and peppers into a medium dice, and add to the hot pan with the spices (chili powder, cumin, and salt)
- Cover and cook with occasional stirring, until the onions are translucent and the peppers are soft (about 10-15 minutes)
- Add the beans, cooked veggies, minced garlic, canned tomatoes, and carob powder to a large slow cooker
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
Notes
- I will be using a full batch of my Slow Cooker Dried Beans here, but you can alternatively use 5 15.5 oz cans of any bean you like (drained and rinsed).
For the dried beans, soak the beans overnight in 5 cups (1,200 g) water and 1 tbsp (18 g) salt. Discard the soaking liquid. Add the beans to a large slow cooker with 3 cups (720 g) water and 1 tsp (6 g) salt. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
This yields ~1,269 g of cooked beans, or a little under 3 pounds
Nutrition Facts
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Total Fat: 5.8g (7 %)
Saturated Fat: 0.9g (5 %)
Sodium: 1844mg (80 %)
Total Carbohydrate: 88.1g (32 %)
Fiber: 24.8g (89 %)
Net Carbs: 63.3g
Total Sugar: 21.4g
Protein: 22.6g (45 %)
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Vitamin B12: 0.0mcg (0 %)
Vitamin D: 0.0mcg (0 %)
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Calcium: 280mg (22 %)
Iron: 8.76mg (49 %)
Magnesium: 204mg (49 %)
Potassium: 2196mg (47 %)
Sources of Inspiration
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