Best 6 Spicy Sausage Black Bean Chili Recipes

SPICY BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, salt, chile powder and cayenne and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chiles, beans and broth and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans have softened and the sauce has thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with cilantro leaves and Cotija.

SPICY SAUSAGE & BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Remove sausage from casing.
• In dutch oven over medium-high heat, brown meat breaking it up with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
• Drain off all but 2 tsp fat.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Add chili powder, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, fennel seeds and bay leaves.
• Cook, stirring for 1 minute.
• Add onions, garlic, red peppers, adobo sauce, and chipotle pepper.
• Cook, stirring, for about 8 minutes or until vegetables are softened.
• Stir in diced tomatoes and 2 cups water.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Stir in beans.
• Simmer, uncovered, for another 30 minutes or until sauce is thickened.
• Remove bay leaves.
• Note: you can substitute a jalapeno pepper for the chipotle pepper and hot sauce for the adobo sauce.

SLOW COOKER SPICY BLACK BEAN AND SWEET POTATO CHILI

Steps:

• In a 6- to 8-quart slow cooker, combine the sweet potatoes, black beans, tomatoes, orange juice, oil, chipotles and adobo sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, garlic cloves, and dried spices. Stir in 2 teaspoons salt, a generous amount of pepper and 1 cup water. Cook on low until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 8 hours. The chili holds well on the warm setting.
• Just before serving, stir in the corn and let it warm through, about 5 minutes. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary. Top with avocado and red onion.

SMOKY SAUSAGE & BLACK BEAN CHILLI

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a large pan and cook the sausages for 12-15 mins over a medium heat until brown all over and cooked through. Remove to a plate.
• Drizzle the rest of the oil into the pan and cook the onion and peppers for 10 mins, over a low heat stirring often until all the veg has softened.
• Stir in the garlic, all the spices and the chipotle paste, if using, and cook for another minute. Add the tomatoes, a canful of water, the ketchup and some seasoning. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 mins half-covered with a lid or loosely covered with foil. Stir occasionally, topping up with water if the mixture starts to look too thick.
• Slice the cooked sausages into thick coins and return to the pan, then tip in the beans. Cook for another few minutes until heated through, then spoon into bowls and scatter with coriander leaves, if using, some grated cheese and a dollop of yogurt or soured cream. Serve with tortilla chips for scooping, as a filling for jacket potatoes, or over rice.

CHEF JOHN'S ITALIAN SAUSAGE CHILI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir hot Italian sausage, mild Italian sausage, onion, and a pinch of salt together in the pot, breaking up sausage with a wooden spoon. Cook until sausage is browned and crumbly, and most of the liquid is evaporated, about 10 minutes.
• Stir ancho chile powder, paprika, cumin, ground black pepper, chipotle chile powder, and oregano into sausage mixture; saute until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Pour water and tomato puree into sausage mixture, bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook on a steady simmer until sausage is tender, about 45 minutes. Add water as necessary and skim any fat that floats to the top.
• Stir cannellini beans, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper into sausage mixture. Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

SPICY BLACK BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Rinse beans.
• In a large saucepan combine beans and water- Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat- Cover and let stand for 1 hour (Or, skip boiling the water and soak beans overnight in a covered pan).
• Drain and rinse beans.
• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven cook the onion and garlic in hot oil till tender.
• Stir in chili powder, cumin, oregano, paprika, salt, and red pepper.
• Cook and stir for 1 minutes.
• Add the beans, broth, undrained tomatoes, and sherry or water.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat- Cover and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or till beans are tender.
• To serve, ladle chili into individual bowls and dollop with yogurt or sour cream and sprinkle with cilantro.