Beef & Sweet Potato Chili
1 hour 20 min serves 2-4
Beef & Sweet Potato Chili
Sweet potatoes and collards add a southern charm to this chili, while 85% lean ground beef brings healthy fats and extra flavor. A keeper.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs. Pre Lean Ground Beef
- 4 large sweet potatoes
- 1 sweet onion
- 3 long celery stalks
- 2 cloves garlic
- 6 large collard greens
- 2-3 sprigs sage
- 1 tbsp. salt
- ½ tbsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1 tsp. ground mustard
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 3 cups beef broth
- 1 tbsp. fat
- Fill pot with water. Set on high heat. Peel and dice sweet potatoes, then add to the water. Boil until potatoes are fork tender.
- Heat a tablespoon of fat in another pot. Mince the onion, garlic, and celery then add to pot. Sauté on high until tender, stirring often.
- Add two pounds of ground beef. Cook over medium heat until beef is thoroughly cooked and completely browned. Add in all seasonings and stir.
- By the time the above steps are complete, the sweet potatoes should be tender. Drain water from pot.
- Drain sweet potatoes then add to blender. Add 3 cups of beef broth and puree until smooth. Add sweet potato puree to beef mix. Stir well.
- Cut collard greens into thin strips. Stir into the soup. Lower heat and let simmer for at least ten minutes prior to serving.