Steamed sweet potato with chilli con carne. Roast healthy sweet potatoes and stuff the spicy chilli con carne inside. Wrap each sweet potato individually in foil. Unwrap the sweet potatoes and split them in half lengthways without cutting all the way through.
Find more here… Pin Pork and Sweet Potato Chilli con Carne for later. Have you got your hands on a copy of my meal plan yet? I recalled watching a recent episode of Recipe to Riches in which Sara-Jade's Chilli Con Carne recipe 'took the cake' and it gave me this idea. To make Steamed sweet potato with chilli con carne you need 20 ingredients and just 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- Prepare 2 pc. of sweet potato, medium (approx 2 x 4 inch each).
- It's 1/2 cup of lean ground beef.
- You need 1 pc. of carrot, small, minced.
- It's 1/4 cup of pinto beans (cooked and canned, or refried type).
- You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare of Spices.
- You need 1 pc. of bell pepper, small (red or green), finely chopped.
- Prepare 1 pc. of onion, small, finely chopped.
- Prepare 2 cloves of garlic.
- It's 1 tsp of salt, adjust according to taste.
- It's 1/8 tsp of ground cumin.
- You need of Sauce.
- You need 1 tbsp of tomato paste.
- You need 1/8 tsp of cayenne or chilli pepper.
- It's 1/8 cup of lemon / lime/ calamansi juice.
- Prepare Dash of honey, to taste.
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp of water.
- It's of Optional.
- You need 1/8 tsp of anise seed (optional).
- Prepare 2 tbsp of shredded mozarella, as garnish (optional).
But not being very fond of jalapenos and allergic to chipotles (and capsicum) I wanted a recipe with much more vegetable content and a little more elegance on the. This syn free pork and sweet potato chilli is a doddle to make whether you use a pressure cooker or not, and it also tastes good! I do still get a tickle from the fact they have an event called a 'Steam and Cream' for the over sixties. I thought most trainspotters just jizzed straight into.
Steamed sweet potato with chilli con carne instructions
- Drain your cooked pinto beans, and set aside 1/4 cup. Transfer remaining pinto beans on a canister and fill it with water then keep it in fridge for future use. If using canned refried pinto beans just set aside 1/4 cups, and transfer the remaining good stuff on a container and store it in fridge..
- Fill large pot with water (about 6-8 cups), set steamer and place washed root crop. Cover with lid. Turn heat to high. Soon as the water boil, turn heat down to medium. Let root crop steam for 30 minutes. NOTE: A. you don't want a burnt pot ðŸ¤, so check water level every 10 minutes. Add water when necessary. B. boiling root crop reduces its natural sweet flavor, which is why I do not recommend that method. C. If you own a microwave, nuke it for 40 mins..
- While the root crop is steaming, chop your onion, garlic, carrot and bell pepper. Set aside..
- Make the sauce. On a small bowl, mix well all "sauce" ingredients. Set aside..
- Time to stir fry spices: Put pan over high heat, soon as it smokes a bit, turn down heat to medium. Wait for 10 seconds before placing olive oil. Stir fry onion until semi translucent, then mix in minced garlic. Soon as garlic is almost golden brown add in cumin, (anise seed - optional) and bell pepper..
- If spices wafts fragrantly at home this point meant it is time to mix in your minced carrots and lean ground beef. Continue stir frying until beef is cooked. Then add in cooked pinto beans and sauce mix. Stir then let it simmer with lid cover, over low heat for about 2-4 minutes. If the sauce is reduced, just add 1 or 2 tbsp water and let it simmer for additional 30 sec. more or less, uncovered. Your chilli con carne is done..
- Your sweet potato is done after 30mins of steaming. But if you want it extra soft, steam it for another 10-15 minutes..
- Take out the root crop off the steamer. Using a wet, but wringed out hand towel, peel off sweet potato skin to discard it..
- On chopping board, cut one sweet potato in half lenght wise, then transfer on one serving bowl. Blanket sweet potato with the chilli con carne, and top it with freshly shredded mozarella cheese (optional). Repeat this step for the other sweet potato, and serve that other set to your love one or a friend. Enjoy!.
Serve with rice, on jacket potatoes or nachos. This is a really easy chilli con carne recipe. It has loads of flavour even though it uses mostly store cupboard ingredients. You can experiment with how hot it is by leaving the seeds in the fresh chillies or adding a pinch of dried chilli flakes. Chilli con carne: correctly served on rice, but missing the required toppings - and what is that side As for the more viscous, gluey jarred salsas, they are invariably a ludicrously sweet gloop that would Potatoes (eg chilli-topped fries) we have covered above.