Caribbean Red Bean Chili With Pork Recipes

CARIBBEAN RED BEAN CHILI WITH PORK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan, over medium heat; add sofrito (or onion) and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and garlic and cook for 10 minutes; stir in white wine (or beer), and broth.
• Stir in the lentils, thyme, cumin, soy sauce, chili, spices and oyster sauce, if using.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until lentils are tender and flavors develop, about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally; if lentils dry out, add water.
• Stir in kidney beans and sugar (or Splenda) and cook for 10 minutes more.
• Season with salt, if desired, stir in pork to heat through.
• Serve over rice and corn.

CARIBBEAN DREAM CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic until soft, about 2 minutes. Stir in pork and sirloin; cook and stir until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain excess grease from the pot.
• Crush tomatoes by hand and add them to the pot with their juices. Pour in beef broth. Stir in black beans, raisins, chili powder, cumin, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and cloves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until raisins are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Stir green olives and almonds into the pot. Simmer until flavors combine, about 30 minutes.

RED BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• heat oil in pan and fry onion for 2-3 minutes, till softened.
• add tomatoes and garlic, cook for about 10 minutes, then stir in white wine and vegetable stock.
• stir in lentils, thyme, cumin, soy sauce, spices and oyster sauce.
• cover and simmer 40 minutes or till lentils are cooked, stirring occasionally and adding more water if needed.
• stir in kidney beans and sugar and cook 10 minutes more. season to taste.
• Serve with cooked rice.

SPICY RED PORK AND BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a 6- to 8-quart heavy pot over moderate heat, turning, until crisp. Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain and pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from pot. Crumble bacon. Pat pork dry and season with salt and pepper. Add oil to pot and heat over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Brown pork in about 6 batches without crowding and transfer with a slotted spoon to a plate. Add onion and jalapeños and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add garlic, oregano, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne, then cook, stirring, 1 minute. Return pork to pot with any juices accumulated on plate and add broth, coffee, water, and tomatoes with purée.
• Simmer chili, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until pork is very tender, about 2 hours. Stir in beans and bring to a simmer, stirring.
• Serve chili with bacon and accompaniments.

CARIBBEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Season meat with salt and pepper.
• In a large Dutch Oven brown ground meat (If using lean meat put in a Tbsp of vegetable oil to prevent sticking). While meat is browning drain and rinse beans.
• Add chopped bell pepper and onion. Cook until onion is translucent.
• Add beans and cook for a about 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and salsa.
• Bring to a simmer and add spices, start out small until you reach the amount of kick you like. Depending on the heat in the salsa and the tomatoes you use, the amount of spice varies.
• Cook at a low simmer for about 30 minutes.

RED PORK AND BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan simmer the chilies in 6 cups of the water for 20 minutes, in a blender purée the chilies with the liquid in batches, and force the purée through a fine sieve into a bowl, pressing hard on the solids before discarding them.
• In a large heavy kettle cook the onions and the garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring, until the onion is softened, add the cumin, and cook the mixture, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the pork, the chili purée, the tomatoes, the bay leaf, the salt, the orégano, and the remaining 1 cup water and simmer the mixture, uncovered, adding more water if necessary to keep the pork barely covered, for 2 hours, or until the pork is tender. Add the kidney beans, simmer the chili, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until the beans are heated through, and discard the bay leaf. The chili may be frozen or made 4 days in advance, cooled, uncovered, and kept covered and chilled. Serve the chili with the sour cream.