Red Wine Pumpkin Chili
When there's a chill in the air, there should be chili in your bowl. This beef chili gets lots of added flavor from red wine, pumpkin, and chipotle. Serve with Chili Lime Tortilla Chips for a meal that will warm you up!
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Makes: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ Tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp cayenne
- 3 tsp tomato paste
- 2 lbs. lean ground beef
- 3 chipotle chilis, chopped and 2 Tbsp adobo sauce
- 1 cup Malbec (or red wine of choice)
- 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 2-15.5 oz. cans kidney beans
- 1 ½ cup pumpkin puree
- Feta or other cheese, for topping
Chili Lime Tortilla Chips
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- ¼ tsp lime zest
- ½ tsp chili powder
- 4 fajita-size flour tortillas
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Pour olive oil to a large dutch oven or stockpot and turn heat to medium-high. Add onion and garlic and stir. Add chili powder, oregano, and cayenne and let cook for about 4 minutes, until onions are translucent.
- Stir in the tomato paste and cook for about a minute before putting ground beef into the pot. Break up beef with a wooden spoon and cook until the meat is no longer pink, about 3-4 minutes. Add the chipotle peppers and the adobo sauce to the mixture and stir; cook for about 2 more minutes. Pour red wine into the pot.
- Stir in the tomatoes, beans, and pumpkin.
- Turn down the heat, cover, and simmer gently for about 20 minutes. If chili is too thick, feel free to thin out with more red wine or water.
- Serve topped with feta or other cheese.
Chili Lime Tortilla Chips
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl, whisk together, olive oil, lime juice, lime zest, and chili powder.
- Lightly brush both sides of each tortilla with olive oil mixture and stack on top of each other. Cut tortillas into 8 triangles.
- Set triangles on a baking sheet and sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes, until crispy.
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