Sausage Sweet Potato Chili Recipes

TURKEY SAUSAGE SWEET POTATO CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
• Add the turkey sausage, onion, and garlic to the pot, and cook until the onions are soft and translucent. Stir in the sweet potatoes and cook 3-4 minutes.
• Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, chicken broth, black beans, and chili beans, and stir to combine. Add the chili powder, cumin and pepper.
• Bring the mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sweet potatoes are tender and easily pierced with a fork, and the chili has thickened. Serve hot, topped with sour cream and cheese.

SAUSAGE & SWEET POTATO HASH

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium heat 4-6 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in sweet potato, onion, chili powder and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with cheese; cover and let stand until cheese is melted., Meanwhile, in another nonstick skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat. Break eggs, 1 at a time, into pan; immediately reduce heat to low. Cook, covered, 5-6 minutes or until whites are completely set and yolks just begin to thicken. If desired, carefully turn eggs and cook second side to preferred doneness. Sprinkle with the remaining salt and pepper. Serve hash with eggs and, if desired, salsa.

SWEET POTATO CHILI

Steps:

• Remove sausage casings and crumble sausage meat.
• In a large pot, brown sausage meat over medium heat until no pink remains.
• Add onion, garlic, chili powder, oregano, cumin and cayenne (if using) to sausage.
• Cook for 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and their juice, beans and sweet potatoes to meat mixture.
• Increase heat to medium high, bring to a boil, stirring often.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 min.
• or until potatoes are soft.
• Stir occasionally.
• Add sugar and/or salt to adjust taste.
• Serve garnished with cilantro or parsley.