This recipe is a kid favorite at SLC Queen Anne. The kids get extra excited for a bowl full of Miss Tanya’s special chili after a morning well spent playing and learning with friends.
This recipe has the measurements to feed about 35 children so make sure to adjust the proportions accordingly!
SLC Black Bean Chili and White Basmati Rice
Ingredients
(Makes a giant amount)
The Rice
7 C Basmati Rice
18 C drinking water
1 T salt
2 T olive oil
Directions
Cook the rice in the giant rice cooker, first thing in the day. When finished cooking, turn off the rice, not letting it keep ‘warm’, which dries it out. Put into containers for serving in the classrooms. Use a fork to fluff the rice so it does not clump together. You can then cook the chili in the same rice cooker pot.
Ingredients
Black Bean Chili
2 #10 cans of black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans or navy beans
1/2 cube of butter, one stick
1 head of garlic, finely chopped
2 C onions
2 T cumin
2 t. dried oregano
2 T salt
2 (28 oz.) cans of crushed tomatoes
6 bell peppers; red, yellow & orange
2 T fresh lime juice
Directions
Finely chop the garlic. Dice the onion(s), small. Microwave the onions with the butter until translucent and tender. Add the garlic and cook another minute or two, only. Do not brown the garlic.
Finely dice the peppers, no larger than the beans.
Put the beans in the rice cooker, turn on cook. Add the canned tomatoes. Add the onions and garlic. And the spices and herbs.
Let the pot boil until the peppers are tender, about 15 – 20 minutes. When the peppers are tender, the chili is finished cooking. Any further cooking will boil away the juices, so keep the continual heating to a minimum. If you would like, you can add some vegetable stock or tomato soup to the chili, for a soupier chili. Reheat as necessary before serving.
Put the chili into serving containers for the classrooms. The Rice Paddles are helpful for serving the rice in the classrooms. The red plastic measuring cups are useful for serving the chili.
Let us know how your chili turned out!
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