Sun Oven Pinto Bean Chili With Sweet Potato Recipes

PINTO BEAN SWEET POTATO CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy medium sauce-pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add chili powder and stir 1 minute. Add broth and potato. Cover pan; reduce heat to medium and simmer until potato is almost tender, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes with their juices and pinto beans. Simmer uncovered until chili thickens and potato is very tender, about 10 minutes. Mix in cilantro and orange peel. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

SPICY BLACK BEAN AND SWEET POTATO CHILI

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, warm the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring and adjusting the heat as needed to avoid burning, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the brown sugar, cumin, garlic and onion powders, and stir to combine. Add the orange juice and let it come to a simmer. Add the chipotles and adobo sauce, sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes and lime juice. Season generously with black pepper and 2 teaspoons salt. Stir in 1 1/4 cups water and bring to a boil.
• Once the chili comes to a boil, decrease the heat to low to maintain a simmer. Cover the pot and cook until the sweet potatoes are tender, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Just before serving, stir in the corn and let it warm through. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Top with avocado and red onion.

SUN OVEN PINTO BEAN CHILI WITH SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• Set Sun Oven out to preheat. Put the beans in a dark pot with enough water to cover them by about two inches. Put a lid on the pot and cook in the Sun Oven until tender about 1-1/2 hours. Heat the oil in a separate pot. (If possible, use two pots that fit in the solar oven together so the beans and sweet potatoes can cook at the same time.) Add chopped onion to heated oil and sauté until the onion is soft. Stir in chili powder. Add water, sweet potato and tomato. Put a lid on the pot; place it in the Sun Oven until sweet potato is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove the sweet potato mixture from the Sun Oven, transfer it to a large Dutch oven and puree with a hand held blender until smooth. Drain the cooked beans reserving cooking liquid. Combine beans with pureed sweet potato mixture in Dutch oven. Add enough cooking liquid to achieve the desired consistency. Return Dutch oven to the solar oven. Leave it in for at least an hour to allow the flavors to blend. Remove the Sun Oven, mix in cilantro and lime peel. Season to taste with salt and pepper.