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Beefy Sweet Potato Pumpkin Spice Chili

This is a delicious and hearty recipe with the warm Fall flavors pumpkin pie spice! A real crowd pleaser!
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Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Meat and Bean mixture for Instant Pot
  • 2 pound beef chuck or stewing meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 2 cups mixed dried beans
  • 5 cups beef stock
  • 1 cups water
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 2 cubes beef bouillon
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
Chili Ingredients
  • 1½ tbsp chili powder
  • 1½ tbsp cumin
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • sea salt & fresh ground pepper to taste
  • 3 tbsp garlic olive oil
  • 1 cup finely chopped shallot or sweet onion
  • ½ cup finely chopped poblano pepper
  • ½ cup finely chopped green pepper
  • 3 cloves finely minced garlic
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp hot sauce (optional)
  • 4 cups beef broth reserved from drained meat & beans cooked in Instant Pot
  • 1½ cup red wine (recommend inexpensive Chianti)
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes cute into ½-inch cubes

Equipment

  • Instant pot

Method
 

Meat and Bean mixture for Instant Pot
  1. Measure out 2 cups of mixed dried beans and rinse thoroughly, removing any stones.
    Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a frying pan. Combine flour, salt, pepper and pumpkin spice in a shallow pan and lightly coat cubed beef. Lightly brown coated beef cubes in olive oil, do not cook fully. Remove from olive oil and add to Instant Pot.
    With the browned beef cubes add rinsed dried beans, beef stock, water, garlic and onion powder, pumpkin pie spice and beef bouillons to the Instant Pot. Set Instant Pot on bean setting for 45 minutes. Full cook time for this part of the recipe will take about an hour.
    When cycle is complete strain the beef stock into a large measuring cup and reserve for chili, set cooked beef and beans aside.
Chili mixture
  1. In a large pot over medium heat, add the olive oil, shallots, poblano pepper, bell pepper, and cook until the onions are just caramelized, add tomato paste, hot sauce and garlic. Stir and cook about 3 minutes. Add reserved beef stock, Chianti, chili powder, cumin, oregano, pumpkin pie spice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Add sweet potatoes and boil on medium high heat for 10 minutes. Add the beef and beans from Instant Pot. Cover and cook and additional 10 minutes over medium low heat. Uncover and let the chili cook until it is thick and the liquid is reduced, another 15 minutes.