Roasted Pumpkin Chili

We make a lot of soup and stew whenever Winter is here, as Winter in Canada can be sooooo cruel, – 43 C hahaha

That being said, you will find various chili beans recipe on the website 😀

For the following chili, I roasted the pumpkin myself 😀

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 5 garlic sliced
• 1 small purple onion diced
• 250 g ground beef
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
• A pinch of cayenne powder
• A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 bell peppers cubed
• 350 g roasted pumpkin cubed
• 1 small can whole mushrooms drain
• 1 can 6 blend beans drain
• 1 can corn kernels drain
• 1 tin tomato paste
• 1 tin water using tomato paste tin
• 1/4 c bbq sauce
• 900 ml beef broth
• 1/2 c packed mashed roasted pumpkin
• 1 tbsp coconut palm sugar/brown sugar

Instructions

• Heat oil, saute garlic onion
• Stir in beef, brown, add in spices
• Stir in bell pepper and the rest
• Bring to fully boil, 5 mins
• Lower temp and cook for another 20-25 mins, til thicken

I love that this chili has cubed roasted pumpkin, so that I can bite into the chunks, but if you are using canned pumpkin puree, just use 1/2 c of puree.