When the cold weather officially arrives, what better comfort food is there than chili? This sweetly savoury chili is spicy but not too hot. To turn up the heat, add more chili powder or tabasco sauce to suit your taste.
Pumpkin Chili
Recipe type: Beef Entree
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups bell peppers, diced
- 2 cups onion, diced
- 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1-3 hot peppers, depending on preference
- 2 tbsp butter or coconut oil
- 3 lbs beef, ground (or chicken, pork, lamb)
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or butter
- 1 whole cinnamon stick (or ground cinnamon)
- 3 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp coriander
- 3 cups pureed pumpkin
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup white wine
- 28 ounces diced tomotoes (with juice)
Instructions
- Saute the peppers, onion, mushrooms, garlic, and hot peppers in coconut oil or butter on stovetop.
- In a separate pan, brown the beef and combine.
- Season mixture with cinnamon, chili powder, pumpkin pie spice, cocoa powder, and coriander.
- Transfer to crockpot and add remaining ingredients.
- Set to low for 8 hours.