Mexican Winter Chili

By JenHall

This was good - I mixed up the cinnamon & cumin when adding to the dish so maybe it would be better if I got that right ;) I did my best to dig out some of the cinnamon though...

Ingredients

• 1 lb pork stew meat
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 medium fresh poblano pepper, finely chopped
• 1 large red sweet pepper, cut into 1/4" pieces
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• dash cayenne pepper
• 1 14-oz can chicken broth
• 1 15 oz. can pumpkin
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• fresh cilantro (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

In a dutch oven cook pork in hot oil over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until browned. Stir in onion, poblano, and sweet pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in cocoa powder, cumin, garlic powder, cinnamon, and cayenne. Add broth and 1/2 cup water. Bring to boiling, reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes or until pork is tender.

Stir in pumpkin, cream, and salt and pepper to taste. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 5 minutes. Top with fresh cilantro.