This recipe was created during West Ham’s 3-0 beating of Wolves on Sunday 16th December. It is delicious and filled a very large Dutch oven. Can also be frozen. This list of ingredients makes an extra large Dutch oven full. Reduce by 1/3 for regular Dutch oven.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups EACH of dry kidney beans, white beans, black beans. You can substitute the white beans for chick peas or navy beans or whatever.
- Olive oil
- 2 large onions,
- 6 large cloves Canadian garlic
- 3 stalks celery,
- 3 large carrots,
- 1 jalapeño
- 2 sweet bell peppers
- Kale (optional)
- 3 tbsps chilli powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 to 1 tsp coriander
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 cups of hot broth of your choice ( I used beef, therefore no added salt)
- 2 cans of tomato sauce
- 1 can of chipotle in adobe sauce
- 1 1/2 cups frozen nibblets corn
- 1 cup dried lentils to thicken. (They will cook when you simmer it).
Optional (not really)
- Sharp grated cheddar topping
- Tortilla chips for scooping
Directions
- Soak 1 1/2 cups each of dried kidney beans, white beans, black beans overnight with at least 2 inches of water over the bean level. You can also use chicken peas as an alternate.
- Simmer the beans for about 90 minutes and then drain them when they’re cooked.
- Chop 2 large onion, 3 stalks of celery, 3 good size carrots, 6 large cloves of Canadian or US garlic or 10 Chinese, 1 large jalapeño, 2 sweet bell peppers, ( I used up fresh finely chopped kale, optional)
- In a big Dutch oven, saute all the above vegetables in olive oil until nicely sweating.
- Stir in 3 tablespoons chilli powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tsp coriander, 1/2 tsp cloves, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 tsp Italian seasoning.
- Add 2 cups of hot broth of your choice. I used beef “Better Than Bouillon”, 2 cans of tomato sauce, the drained beans, one cup of dried lentils to thicken, a can of chipotle in adobe sauce, and 1 1/2 cups frozen nibblets corn.
- Simmer for a couple of hours
- Serve with tortilla chips for scooping it up and a grated sharp cheddar on top.
