
Smokey Black Bean Chilli
In the late 1800s, the chilli queens of San Antonio created chilli con carne. They entertained the plaza and supported their families in a time when women weren't supposed to. Hopefully this recipe can inspire you to also do something that isn't supposed to be: a delicious chilli sin carne. The secret ingredient is coffee! You won’t taste it at the end, but it is an essential ingredient to get the ‘smokey’ taste.
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Ingredients
4 servings
800 g
800 g
Canned tomatoes
Black beans
Bread and/or rice
100 ml
2 tea sp
1 tea sp
1 tea sp
1 tea sp
1
2 cloves
Coffee
Cumin
Chilli
Cinnamon
Smoked paprika powder
Onion
Garlic
Make it a dinner party 🎉
Dinner Soundtrack: Lydia Mendoza on Spotify. She started her career in the 1930s, right amongst the chilli queens.
An original Aztec chilli recipe includes a bit of cocoa powder. You can also add rice when you have to fill extra hungry mouths.
Prep
5 min
- Dice onion and mince garlic
- Set coffee
Cook
30 min

Sauté onion
medium heat ~3 min
Add chilli, paprika powder, cumin and garlic
~3 min
Add tomatoes, cinnamon and coffee
simmer ~15 min
Add black beans
simmer with lid on ~10 min
Serve with bread

The credit for this recipe goes to 'Eerlijk Eten - Tachtig makkelijke recepten met fairtrade ingrediënten