Recipe - Black Bean Ancho Chile (For Crockpot)

1 cn (16 oz) black beans; rinsed
& drained
1 md Onion; chopped
3 Cloves garlic
1 One half tablespoon Vegetable oil
One half tablespoon Ground cumin
3 2/3 cup Water
1 One half ounce Dried ancho chiles (about
23); stem/seed/tear
1 Chipotle chile; (either
dried or in adobo)
1 cn (14 oz) tomatoes including
juice; puree coarsely
One half cup Vegetable broth
One half Orange bell pepper (or red);
chopped
One half teaspoon Dried mexican oregano;
crumbled
1/8 cup Fresh coriander (cilantro);
or to taste
2 tablespoon Fresh lime juice
Avocado salsa; or your
favorite
Sour cream; as garnish

In a hot pan over medium heat, saute onions and garlic until onions
are soft. When soft, add cumin. Saute a few minutes. Add canned
beans. Saute for a couple of minutes. Set aside.

In small pan on medium heat, slightly char the ancho pieces. When you
start to smell their fragrance, remove them and put them in a blender
with the water. Puree until smooth. Set aside.

Into the crockpot, onionbean mixture, pureed chiles, and the rest of
the ingredients except the salsa, cilantro and lime juice. Cook on
LOW 89 hours. At 7 hrs, add lime juice. Cook for another hour or so
until it tastes right TO YOU.

To serve: put chili over white rice or grits, garnish with salsa and
sour cream. Maybe some chopped cilantro too.

NOTES : Notes: I adapted this from The Best of Gourmet (Featuring the
Flavors of Italy), p. 167. The original recipe called for cooking the
dried beans with the onions and garlic. I quickened it by using the
canned beans.

Also, I used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and I used
orange bell pepper instead of red. I also put some ground coriander
seed in the chile instead of some of the cilantro.

I added a chipotle pepper for some smokiness. You can use either the
reconstituted dried ones or one from a can of chipotle en adobo,
whichever you have available.

Recipe by: The Best of Gourmet

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST by RST G synapse7@home.com on Jul 28,
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