I've made this for years, and originally borrowed it from Practical Paleo, where I think it was called Butternut Squash Chili or something similar. Here's my take with ingredients I can procure here in Japan.
You'll need:
- about 1 kg of ground meat (in Japan they have a mix of beef and pork)
- 2 cans of chopped tomatoes (about 450 g each)
- 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 3 Japanese sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- a bunch of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 of a kabocha pumpkin, chopped small
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 red or yellow pepper, chopped
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1.5 tablespoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Do this:
Cook your ground meat in a pan on the stove, then bung that with the rest of the ingredients in a slow cooker and whack it on high heat for the day. Enjoy with cornbread and salad and friends. Just don't eat the friends.
