Sweet Potato Pumpkin Chili
A hearty sweet potato pumpkin chili that’s perfect for chilly fall and winter nights. It’s budget friendly, easy to make, and full for warm flavours from sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and mild spices great for weeknights or make ahead meals.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 yellow onion finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 4 cloves garlic chopped
- 6 cups sweet potatoes peeled and cubed (about 2 large sweet potatoes)
- 1 can tomato sauce
- 1 (28 oz can) diced tomatoes drained
- 4 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 1/2 cups turkey stock
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven, then add the ground pork and cook until it starts to brown. Add the chopped onion and bell pepper and cook until they are starting to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Then add the chopped garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until it starts to get fragrant.
- Add the cubed sweet potatoes, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, stock, pumpkin puree, ginger, paprika, chili powder, cinnamon, sugar, and salt. Stir until well combined.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and boil gently until the sweet potatoes are tender and the broth has thickened to your liking, about 40 minutes.
Notes
You can substitute turkey stock with chicken stock and the ground pork with ground beef or turkey.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 695mg | Potassium: 770mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 22447IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 69mg | Iron: 3mg
These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.