Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient
Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

When was the last time you were truly amazed by a chili? This Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient will do just that! With this recipe, I admit, you won’t get away with a 30-minute magic dish. It takes some dedication to build your flavors, but you want it that way. I flame-roasted my chiles at the beginning, and I even added some bittersweet chocolate towards the end for some sharpness and depth. The use of fire roasted tomatoes (canned) also adds a pleasant smokiness. You can serve this Pinto Bean Chili with this Cashew Sour Cream for even more decadence.

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Pinto Bean Chili with a Secret Ingredient

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups pinto beans, sorted, soaked overnight, and rinsed well (red or other beans work nice as well)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3-inch strip of kombu
  • 7 cloves garlic, 2 cloves crushed, 5 cloves minced
  • 4 Anaheim chiles
  • 4 Pasilla or New Mexico chiles
  • 2 28-oz cans of fire-roasted whole tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 3 teaspoons Mexican chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 tablespoon toasted cumin seeds, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 56 drops Tabasco
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tablespoons dried Mexican oregano
  • 2 ounces bittersweet (or Mexican) chocolate (about 1/2 cup)

Instructions

In a large soup pot, place the beans, the bay leaf, the kombu, the garlic cloves, and add enough water to cover by 3 inches. Bring to a boil gently, over medium heat. By bringing to a boil gently and by continuing to cook gently, the skins of the beans stay intact and the shape of the bean is retained. The kombu will also help the beans cook faster. Skim the foam off the top once the beans approach the boiling point. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for about one hour. You can, at this point, add generous pinches of sea salt and continue cooking until the beans are tender, but still hold their shape. They will still cook during the making of the chili. Once the beans are cooked, drain, discard the kombu, the garlic, and the bay leaf, and set aside.

While the beans are cooking:

On the open flame of a gas burner, or on the grill and using tongs, char the skin of the Anaheim and Pasilla chiles. Transfer the chiles to a bowl with a plate on top, to create steam. This will loosen the skin from the chiles. Let rest 15 minutes. In a large bowl, crush the tomatoes with your hands. Transfer 2 cups of tomato purรฉe to a blender. Peel the skins off the chiles. Remove the seeds and chop. Place in blender along with the tomatoes. Purรฉe until smooth. Set aside.

In a large Dutch oven, heat the grapeseed oil over medium heat. Add the onion, the 5 cloves of garlic minced, coriander, chili powder, cayenne, and crushed cumin seeds. Sautรฉ until the onion is tender and translucent, 5-6 minutes. Add the chile and tomato purรฉe, the rest of the crushed tomatoes, salt, Tabasco, the cinnamon stick, oregano, and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.

Once the beans are cooked:

Stir in the cooked beans and continue cooking, covered, for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the chocolate and continue cooking, uncovered this time, for an additional 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve hot with some cashew sour cream, fresh cilantro, and some lime quarters.

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Mon chili aux haricots pinto

Je ne suis pas trop chili. Voilร . C’est dit. En fait, je trouve trรจs difficile de trouver un bol de chili qui me donne le goรปt d’en faire ร  la maison. Mais bon, peut-รชtre que c’est moi… Ma recette, en fait, ne vous propose aucun tour de magie. Pas de chili top classe en 30 minutes. ร‡a prend du temps et de la patience pour marier toutes ces saveurs. Et c’est comme รงa! J’ai rรดti mes piments forts sur la flamme au tout dรฉbut et j’ai aussi utiliser des tomates en boรฎte grillรฉes ร  la flamme. J’ai mรชme ajoutรฉ du chocolat mi-sucrรฉ vers la fin de la cuisson pour une certaine profondeur. J’espรจre que la recette vous plaira!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 2 tasses de haricots Pinto ou rouges, trempรฉs toute une nuit et bien rincรฉs
  • 1 feuille de laurier
  • 1 morceau de kombu de 3 pouces
  • 7 gousses d’ail, 2 gousses รฉcrasรฉes, 5 gousses รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 piments Anaheim
  • 4 piments Nouveau Mexique
  • 2 boรฎtes de 28 onces de tomates grillรฉes sur le feu
  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpins de raisin
  • 2 oignons, hachรฉs
  • 3 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de chili
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de cayenne
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de coriandre moulue
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de graines de cumin rรดties, broyรฉes
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 56 gouttes de Tabasco
  • 1 bรขton de cannelle
  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’origan sรฉchรฉ
  • 2 onces de chocolat mi-sucrรฉ

Instructions

Dans une grande casserole, mettre les haricots trempรฉs, la feuille de laurier, le kombu, les gousses d’ail, et ajouter assez d’eau pour couvrir de trois pouces. Apporter ร  รฉbullition ร  feu moyen. En portant ร  รฉbullition ร  feu moyen, et en continuant de cuire en mijotant doucement, on s’assure de conserver la peau et la forme des haricots intactes. Le kombu aide aussi ร  cuire les haricots plus rapidement. ร‰cumer la surface de cuisson alors que les haricots approchent du point d’รฉbullition. Rรฉduire le feu et mijoter, ร  couvert, pendant environ une heure. Bien mรฉlanger et ajouter de gรฉnรฉreuses pincรฉes de sel. Continuer de mijoter, ร  couvert, jusqu’ร  ce que les haricots soient tendres, mais qu’ils maintiennent leur forme. ร‰goutter, retirer et jeter la feuilles de laurier, les gousses d’ail et le kombu, et rรฉserver.

Pendant la cuisson des haricots:

En utilisant des pinces, sur la flamme d’un brรปleur au gaz ou sur le grill, griller la peau des piments Anaheim et Nouveau Mexique de tous les cรดtรฉs. Transfรฉrer les piments dans un bol et couvrir d’une assiette afin de crรฉer un effet de vapeur. Laisser reposer 15 minutes. Dans un grand bol, rรฉduire les tomates en purรฉe avec les mains. Transfรฉrer 2 tasses de tomates dans un mรฉlangeur. Enlever la peau et les graines des piments, et hacher grossiรจrement. Placer dans le mรฉlangeur avec les tomates. Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistance lisse. Rรฉserver.

Dans une cocotte, chauffer l’huile ร  feu moyen. Ajouter l’oignon, les 5 gousses d’ail รฉmincรฉes, la coriandre moulue, la poudre de chili, le cayenne, et les graines de cumin broyรฉes. Sauter jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit tendre et translucide, environ 5-6 minutes. Ajouter la purรฉe de piments et tomates, le reste des tomates broyรฉes, le sel, le Tabasco, le bรขton de cannelle, l’origan sรฉchรฉ, et deux tasses d’eau. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu, couvrir, et cuire, en brassant occasionnellement, pendant 30 minutes.

Une fois les haricots cuits:

Incorporer les haricots au chili et continuer de cuire, ร  couvert et en brassant occasionnellement, pendant 30 minutes de plus. Ajouter le chocolat et continuer de cuire, ร  dรฉcouvert cette fois, pour 30 minutes de plus. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements. Servir avec de la crรจme sรปre ร  base de noix de cajou, de la coriandre fraรฎche, et des quartiers de lime.

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Baked Jerk Tofu

Baked Jerk Tofu
Baked Jerk Tofu

This Baked Jerk Tofu will bring you to Jamaica. Jerk has always been one of my favorite seasonings. There is something quite unique about it, probably because of the use of allspice berries. I remember the cookouts on the streets of Jamaica. The smell is something I will never forgetโ€ฆ The hot grills, the salt air, the spices. Well, as you would expect, back in my kitchen, I still crave Jamaican cuisine. Often.

I have a dry jerk seasoning blend that I usually have on hand. I use it on roasted cashews all the time. I am not sure where I got the recipe as it was written on a piece of paper in one of my notebooks. But it was exactly what I needed here!

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For more recipes inspired from Jamaica, check out this Jamaican Jerk Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Black Beans and Chickpeas and this Autumn Ital Stew.

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Baked Jerk Tofu

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 block extra-firm tofu, pressed and cut into small cubes
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 teaspoons dry jerk seasoning

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400ยฐ. In a medium bowl, mix the olive oil, lime juice, ginger, garlic, and jerk seasoning. Add the tofu cubes to the bowl, and mix until well coated.

Spread the tofu cubes in one layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and cook 15 minutes. Shake the tofu cubes around and return to the oven for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve with sliced green onions, rice and peas, and cabbage slaw. Bon appรฉtit!

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Tofu jerk cuit au four

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 bloc de tofu extra ferme, pressรฉ et coupรฉ en cubes
  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de gingembre frais, รฉmincรฉ
  • 2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 4 c. ร  thรฉ d’รฉpices jerk en poudre

Instructions

Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400ยฐ. Dans un bol moyen, mรฉlanger l’huile d’olive, le jus de lime, le gingembre, l’ail, et les รฉpices jerk. Ajouter les cubes de tofu et bien mรฉlanger.

ร‰tendre le tofu en une seule couche sur une tรดle, prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin. Mettre au four et cuire 15 minutes. Retourner les cubes de tofu et remettre au four pendant 10 ร  15 minutes de plus. Retirer du four et servir avec des oignons verts รฉmincรฉs, du riz et haricots, et une salade de chou, par exemple. Bon appรฉtit!

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Dry Jerk Seasoning

Dry Jerk Seasoning
Dry Jerk Seasoning

I found this magical Dry Jerk Seasoning recipe written in a notebook at home. Big thank you to whoever shared this. This is something precious in a kitchen, something like a wonderful garam masala recipe. You should always have some on hand. This jerk seasoning is used in my Baked Jerk Tofu recipe, but you can also toss it into simmering coconut milk and serve over pasta. You can toss raw cashews with coconut oil, sprinkle them with the jerk seasoning, and pop in the oven. You can also sprinkle some on fried plantain chips. It’s really endless. It’s spicy and tangy, and you won’t want to live without it!

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Dry Jerk Seasoning

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • 2 teaspoons cayenne
  • 2 teaspoons dried parsley
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Just mix everything in a small bowl. Keep in the fridge in an airtight container. Bon appรฉtit!

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Mรฉlange d’รฉpices Jerk de Jamaรฏque

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe de poudre d’ail
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre d’oignon
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de poudre de cayenne
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de persil sรฉchรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de thym sรฉchรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sucre brun
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de paprika
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de piment de la Jamaรฏque
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de piment chili broyรฉs
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de poivre noir
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de muscade
  • 1/4 c. ร  thรฉ de cannelle moulue

Instructions

Simplement mรฉlanger tous les ingrรฉdients dans un petit bol. Conserver au rรฉfrigรฉrateur dans un contenant hermรฉtique. Bon appรฉtit!

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