Sweet Potato Chili

This looks delicious – the perfect time of year for chili! I love sweet potatoes in any form: fries, mashed, baked, anything you can think of!

Oh. My. God. This is awesome! I LOVEEEEE sweet potatoes, and I love chili so this is perfect. I bake often, but I don’t normally cook unless its a single serving dish just for me. This recipe is definitely going to change that!

Mmm yup I love throwing sweet potatoes in chilli, one of my favorite fall meals. I’ve also done it with pumpkin which is just as tasty.

I’m allergic to white ones, so I only eat sweet potatoes. I love them roasted with vegan butter and cinnamon or I will bake them, cube them and add to salads for a sweet hearty twist. I also love them mashed with brown sugar and nutmeg for a sweet treat or cut up like fries and baked with some chili pepper and salt on top and to dip in black pepper homemade ketchup…I’m getting hungry thinking about it!

Thanks for the savory chili idea…I will give it a whirl soon.

Mmm.. sweet potatoes… and your recipe is similar to one we use all the time! (Ours has celery and slightly different seasoning.) Love those sweet potatoes… mashed, roasted, stews, pies, maple glazed… every way!

My two favorite ways to use sweet potatoes are both with black beans as chili or fajitas/tacos. I put my chili over quinoa to make it stretch farther and add more protein.

I love sweet potato chili! I make mine in the slow cooker so that it is done for me by the time I get home from work!

This looks like a great recipe! As a matter of fact, I like to bake a sweet potato and top it with some spicy homemade chili. Another way I like to make them, which sounds weird, but in a parfait where I use a cubed, cooked sweet potato and top it with nonfat vanilla greek yogurt, cinnamon, and chopped pecans.

Chili is such a comforting meal! I wasn’t able to comment yesterday because I was traveling, but I would love to see more recipes like this AND see some personal posts. I’m just a nosy person.

I just added this to my Pininterest board. Can’t wait to try it! I really prefer sweet taters eaten in savory ways. They’re sweet enough on their own. 🙂

Katie,

I think it’s amazing and wonderful that you’re following your heart about the changes you’re going to make with your blog. That’s something that’s really been in my heart the past few days, too–posting things that are not only helpful and interesting to readers, but also meaningful to me. I don’t think we ever can go astray as long as we are listening to what’s in our hearts.

Thank you for what you do!

I think my favourite way to eat sweet potatoes is mixed with regular spuds in a gratin. Mmmm. Let me know when you concoct a healthy bechamel recipe

I eat all my sweet taters cold with cinnamon and almond butter!! Nummmmmy

That looks really good. Now I get to add a dinner recipe to my list!

wow it looks amazing!! I was going to make yam and blackbean tacos this week but i may change my mind after seeing that. your recipes alway look amazing!! Have a great day!!

I looooove sweet potatoes; they’re my favorite food! I bake my until they get super tender and then puree the flesh in a food processor with almond milk until they’re smooth, creamy, and delicious. I would love to see more sweet potato recipes (mayber sweet potato oatmeal?).

Yummy! I am so making this recipe 🙂

I feel like you posted this recipe just for me. I wanted a savory post and you gave me sweet potato. I am in heaven. I WILL be making a massive pot of this and freezing it for super cold day comfort food. Sweet potato is best with peanut butter melted into it.

I personally think that sweet potatoes and black beans were made for each other–definitely one of my favorite flavor combos! I also really like sweet potatoes topped with cashew butter 🙂

I love making sweet potato fries. At school, I often bake one in the microwave and peal it and eat it (kind of like a banana)

I LOVE (like seriously l-o-v-e) sweet potatoes. I like to slow roast them in the oven until they’re sweet, soft, and syrupy and then drizzle with some homemade nut butter. Walnut butter is my favorite; the combination is mind blowing!

I just made this for dinner tonight and it was SOOO delicious! Even my husband (who thinks he needs meat at every meal lol) loved it. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe 🙂

Katie….EXCELLENT CHILI!!!! I’m eating it now and its DIVINE!! Thank you!

I made your chili a few days ago, and it was delicious! Thank you 🙂

This looks AMAZING. I think I’m going to try making it in the crock pot, though — I’ve got a long day ahead of me, and would love to come home to an already-made dinner. 🙂

My favorite way to eat sweet potatoes? Roasted! I cut up sweet potatoes, parsnips, and carrots, toss them with a canola/honey/lemon juice mixture, then sprinkle with garam masala seasoning, and roast. I call it “chai-roasted veggies.” DELICIOUS. 😀

I tossed a banana into this chili and really liked what it did for the recipe … the chili thickened right up and it gave it an even sweeter flavor. Great recipe!

Cheap! Easy! Yummy! I can’t wait for leftovers tonight! This was my 1st recipe I tried from this site – in less than 24 hours, I’ve brought in some leftovers for a taste-test at work, and have shared this site with many gals at the office! Next time I make it, I’m going to add more zucchini b/c every time I got a bite of it with a sweet potato cube, it was delicious! Also, I now know they sell orange zest at the store (like chili powder or cumin), but I used an actual orange…putting more in next time, too! It was a nice treat to taste when I caught some on my spoon!

I just made this tonight and it is delicious! My 9 year old is even devouring it. Thank you so much! What a fun recipe, and it was so easy to make. 🙂

Do you rinse and drain the beans or just dump the whole thing (well, not the actual CAN) in the pot?
I really love this blog. Not a day goes by that I don’t check in since I found you 🙂
Thanks for always answering readers questions and for everything else! Have a great day.

Just made it today and it was delish!! I ran out of cumin and used smoked paprika instead, also very yummy. Two thumbs up!!

Good cornbread recipe would actually be considered Spoon Bread. Its only made with cornflour. 🙂
http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/fluffy_spoon_bread

(It isnt the exact recipe I use but its close. I use the one from the older Better Homes And Garden cookbook)

I love your blog and i’ve made maybe half a dozen recipes so far, but I wanted to tell you that I made this recipe a couple weeks ago and froze the leftovers. My fiance and I just had some of the leftovers for lunch and he says, I quote:
“You need to make another 3 gallons of this stuff.”

So, I just wanted to share his highest praise with you! Thanks for writing!

I was wondering what the serving size is and how many calories is in one serving ??

This is a fabulous recipe. I have made it 4 times, and shared it with many friends! Thank you – thank you!! Healthy – simple – memorable – a great combination!!

I made this a few times finally and am about to make it again…well, w/o the orange zest. My little ones and I like it a lot! Going to try it with butternut squash cubes today, maybe.

Put this in the crock pot this morning and it sat on low for about 14 hours and was SO good. (I’m sure it was done long before then, but it was a long day!) Anyway, it was delicious!! And for anyone else with long work days ahead, just a little prep work the night before, throw it in the crock pot in the morning and dinner is ready when you get home. So nice!

YUM! As good as promised! Even husband-approved! Your recipes are my new favorites.

LOVE this recipe! I have made it twice so far, the first time I made it for an annual Halloween party where everyone brings a different soup, many people in my family are becoming more health conscious and everyone loved it! My aunts have been making it and raving about it! I also just made a big pot for my roommates and substituted roasted corn for the zucchini and served it over quinoa. It was a perfect fall meal and got the approval of all three of my carnivorous roommates! Thanks Katie!

made this today and it was delicious!!! a few additions, though 🙂

i cooked the onion ( and added some garlic) in some olive oil for a couple of minutes, before adding the other vegies
i also added a chopped carrot and a handful of baby spinach (as i had these lying around in the fridge)
i didn;t have orange zest, but added some tumeric and corriander powder for extra flavour
and the only canned beans i had were chickpeas so i used those instead of black beans

thanks for a greast recipe!!! it was DELICIOUS!!!!

I just started being a vegetarian about a month ago and this recipe looks right up my alley!
I love sweet potatoes so much, I could probably eat them every day! I like to microwave them and top them with almond butter and cinnamon (So delicious- I can eat that for breakfast, lunch, or dinner)

I made this for dinner tonight. I’m not a huge sweet potato fan, but I loved this! Everyone in my family loved it, and it’s going into the regular dinner rotation. The whole house smelled yummy and amazing when this was cooking. Next time I might add some chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (we like things spicy around here! :D), but wow, this was good. Thank you for such a great recipe. Your whole blog has made my transitioning to kicking the animals out of my diet much easier and delicious to boot! 🙂

YUMMY!!! Made this for lunch today and it’s a winner!

This is my favorite chili recipe. ever. The lemon zest adds such a tang, and with the abundance of sweet potatoes from our garden, this recipe is wonderful.
I’ve made it 3 times already, but each time it was a double recipe.
Thanks!

I need to make this sweet potato chili…. my niece just sent me an email and said it was SOOOOO GOOD !!!!!!

Sounds amazing! How many people do you think it will serve?? Will definitely be making this asap 😀

Made this tonight and couldn’t wait until tomorrow for the flavors to blend…..it was awesome!! Thanks for the recipe. I was looking for the nutritional value too…..= (

I wasn’t kidding when I said I am cooking my way through your blog…earlier today. Does that make me a chocolate-covered stalker? 😉

Anyway, after making and devouring your delicious polka dot banana bread, I wandered around your blog and found this recipe. I am at the point in my fridge/pantry that it is almost inexcusable to not go to the store, but alas, sometimes I am just lazy and wait until the absolute last minute.

I was THRILLED when I saw this recipe fit exactly what I had left in my fridge! Hallelujah! It was fate. I had made a sweet potato chili in the past from a different recipe that just wasn’t for me, and I had been dying since then to try a different one, because the idea is so brilliant. When I found one on your blog, I KNEW that this was the one. Let me just say, this was DIVINE! So simple and so freshly flavored.

The only things I changed to fit my scantily stocked kitchen was use 2 cups of chicken broth instead of 1 cup of water, swapped 1 of the 2 cans of black beans for a can of chili beans, and I used lemon zest instead of orange. I also topped it with a dollop of greek yogurt. I will be making this over and over!

I’m honestly not a huge sweet potato person- but when I first tried this chili it was all I wanted to eat for a while! LOL

My family and I have made this ahead of time and taken it camping and taken it for vacations and picnics- just heat it back up on a gas camp stove if you’ve got one. I’m sure over a fire would be nice too. This chili is going to be the star of my thanksgiving meal!

I made this tonight and it was delicious!! I was so excited I burnt my lip, and then my tounge! Apparently the wait until it cools rule needed to be applied… Also, I tried to make the healthy gluten free cornbread recipe you suggested and…well in all the excitement..I forgot to add the sugar…which wouldn’t have been bad if I hadn’t taken a huge bite expecting sweet goodness and the fact that I used unsweetebed apple sauce, thinking i would make it even healthier…Alas my cornbread was ruined..until I put peanut butter on it, which makes everything better, losing the nutritional value..

One of my favourite ways to eat yams (I am more fond of them than sweet potatoes, and they have less sugar!) is to thinly slice them up and bake them in the oven on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Man are they scrumptious! Their taste, if crispy, resembles that of roasted marshmallows..This little treat is healthy, and an amazing substitute for chips, popcorn, and it also makes a great side dish.

Thanks for another great recipe,
Abby

Where can I find the nutritional info on your sweet potato chili? Also, would please add either the serving size and/or how many servings each recipe is for? There are many of your faithful readers that count carbs and protein. Thanks!

While I’m not vegan or vegetarian, this is probably the best chili I’ve ever had. Thanks for the recipe.

I make this recipe all the time, it’s so good! I prefer making it in the crockpot, it seems to taste even better for some reason.

Very easy recipe and tasty too! It would be handy to have an indication of the cooking time, though. Mine was on the burner on low heat for about an hour.
Since I didn’t have any beans, I used corn, which turned out great.
I also added more spices than the ones in the ingredients list: turmeric (I know, does not normally go in chili) and black pepper. I think this made it taste more like a tagine than a chili.
For us, this recipe consisted of 3 portions.

I just wanted you to know I still love this recipe! I’ve been making it exactly as is since you posted it, and it’s still one of my favorite recipes!! Thanks for all the great recipes and inspiration throughout the years.

Happy Holidays 2016, and a Healthy and Happy 2017 to you and yours.?? Gayle

I tried this recipe it was great made a couple changes I put black beans and chickpeas and used diced tomatoes with green chilies and my husband loved it….he didnt miss the meat

The recipe looks absolutely beautiful hope it tastes as good as it looks. Will make this at the weekends. I will surely let you know how this goes. Thank you for this. I would like to use a bit less spice, kids do not like spicy foods that much though.

Just finished a bowl of this chili. Loved it. Thank you!

I am a huge fan of chili and will eat it most any way I can get it! I’ve never had it with sweet potatoes – I have to try this!

Tiffany

This chili is SO delicious and simple! Thank you so much for the recipe! You are so adorable no wonder you are so popular:)

This sweet potato chili was a delicious dinner!

Young lady, this recipe is out of this world! Absolutely delicious and I give it 10 stars. I prepared it sans the zucchini. It’s so authentic and delicious. The zucchini, in my opinion, would have taken away from that. I did use the Avocado you mentioned on top. It was so good I’m having it again tomorrow!! I will most definitely make more of this in the future. People you must make this recipe! Oh, I actually used fire roasted diced tomatoes also.

This looks great. What size can of diced tomatoes – assume 14.5 Oz?