Quick black bean chipotle chile recipe

[annerisen]

Does anyone have the recipe for the quick black bean chili that was in the CL cookbook promotional mailer? It was really good and easy and I misplaced the recipe! Please post it if you have it:)

[MusicMom]

I don't know if this is the one you're talking about, but it's quick, it's chipotle, and it's from Cooking Light:

Chipotle-Black Bean Chili

SOURCE: Cooking Light YEAR: Nov/Dec PAGE: 162

INGREDIENTS FOR 4 SERVINGS:
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
6 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon minced drained canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, drained
2 (14.5-ounce) cans no-salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped (we use 2 cans of diced tomatoes)
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
Cilantro sprigs (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:
Chipotle chiles frequently come packaged in adobo sauce (a Mexican-type red sauce) and can be very hot. They're usually found in the Mexican section of your supermarket. Substitute 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper for the chipotle, if desired.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute 3 minutes or until tender. Add chili powder and next 6 ingredients (chili powder through green chiles); bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes. Ladle chili into individual bowls, and garnish with cilantro sprigs, if desired. Yield: 4 (large)servings (serving size: 1-1/2 cups).

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
CALORIES 248 (10% from fat); PROTEIN 13.8g; FAT 2.7g (sat 0.5g, mono 1g, poly 0.8g); CARB 46.6g; FIBER 7.6g; CHOL 0mg; IRON 4.3mg; SODIUM 613g; CALC 131mg

[annerisen]

That was the recipe I needed! Thanks for your help.

[funnybone]

I found this Chili recipe in the CL Complete cookbook. I made it on Friday and we just loved it. I used a combination of regular and medium chile powder (Penzey's) and the canned chipotle. Instead of pepper, I used the Red & Black pepper (also from Penzey's). There definitely was a touch of heat to this recipe. I hadn't planned on making it, but DH was going to be home later than usual (what is usual?? :rolleyes:) so I decided to make chile rather than grill as I had planned. I always have all these ingredients on hand, so it will definitely be repeated. Dh loved it as well.

[newcook]

I made the Chipotle-Black Bean Chili for supper tonight. I had originally planned on making Baked White Beans with Garlic and Sage but I could not find any sage leaves so had to change recipes. I had everything on hand for this one and it had the extra bonus of being very easy to make.

I was really quite tasty. I have never made chili before so I can't judge how it compares to other chilis but for a black bean recipe is was quite good.

Thanks for posting that recipe.

Daniele

[LaurenP]

Another thumbs up for this chili, very quick to put together and quite tasty even without meat. We did add another can of white beans, since there was alot of juice, and it made it more eye appealing. Made a mistake though, I think, when I put my chipotle in adobe sauce in the freezer a couple of weeks ago. When we went to get them for this recipe, couldn't tell pepper from sauce so just chopped off about a table spoon and added to the chili. (More than called for) Very spicey, which DH liked but a bit much for me.

Does anyone separate out the peppers from the sauce when you freeze extra chipotles in adobe sauce? Wondering how others freeze these.