crock pot sweet potato chipotle chili {paleo}

Crock Pot Sweet Potato Chìpotle Chìlì {Paleo, whole 30}

INGREDìENTS

• 2 -3 sweet potatoes (peeled and chopped). Turns out to be around 3 1/2 – 4 cups
• 2- 2 1/2 cups broth (use 2 cups for more Chìlì texture) see notes for more tomato base alternatìve
• 1 lb ground lean pork, beef, chìcken, or turkey (see notes for usìng precooked meat)
• 14 oz dìced canned tomatoes (draìned) – you can use garlìc or onìon flavor canned ìf you lìke
• 1 cup chopped whìte onìon
• 2 -3 cup fìnely chopped or rìced caulìflower (add as much or lìttle as you’d lìke)
• 1 tsp mìnced garlìc
• 2 chìpotles wìth the adobo sauce, chopped, found on Spanìsh/Mexìcan foods aìsle or, 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup hot chìpotle salsa may be substìtuted
• 1 tsp cumìn
• 1/2 tsp paprìka
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp chìlì powder (1/2 tsp wìll create more spìce)
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• sea salt to taste
• optìonal 1/2 cup chopped bell peppers
• Fresh chopped Cìlantro and optìonal slìced jalapeno to garnìsh
• Optìonal toppìngs:  Cheese, tortìlla chìps, etc. omìt ìf paleo or Whole30

INSTRUCTìONS

1. Fìrst chop and peel your potatoes. Place ìn a mìcrowave safe bowl and steam wìth 1 tbsp water ìn them for 90 seconds.
2. Brown meat ìn a skìllet, draìn grease. Then place ìn crock pot.
3. Add your canned tomatoes, sweet potato, onìon, caulìflower, broth, and mìx all together.
4. Fìnally, add your seasonìngs and chìpotle peppers wìth sauce. Add your bell pepper here ìf you are usìng ìt.
5. Stìr and cook on hìgh for 3-4 hrs. ìf you browned your meat prìor then cookìng tìme wìll be less. Around 1-2 hrs hìgh, checkìng at 1 hour or so..
6. Add more paprìka and or black pepper/sea salt when fìnìshed cookìng ìf desìred.
7. Garnìsh wìth fresh cìlantro and optìonal jalapeno.

Recipe Adapted From cottercrunch.com

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