Saturday, February 28, 2009

[Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends] ** Texas Red Chili - 15g Carbs

Texas Red Chili - 15g Carbs

From: Family Circle's "All-time Favorite Recipes"

{To cut down on salt...
1. Use chili powder without salt in it as most are a blend of
spices (I make my own from chipolte or ancho chiles but if you
cannot make a powder then hydrate seeded and stemmed chiles in
water in pot for brief time, cool and run through blender with
some of the liquid from hydrating... be sure it is cool before
putting in blender).
2. Try getting canned stewed tomatoes with no salt or if you
cannot find low salt stewed tomatoes... then use plain
low-salt tomatoes and add fresh or dried bell pepper into
the dish.
3. Also, use low sodium beef broth.
Other tips--
4. I never use beer in my chili but a lower calorie one would
be a better choice here if you wish to include it.
5. I use Texas Sweet Onions in my chili but any sweet onion variety
would be a good choice here.
6. Trim all visible fat from the meat.
Gloria}

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Servings: 8

2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 beef brisket (about 2 lb), cut into 1/4-inch cubes
1 cup chopped onion
3 jalapeno chiles, halved, seeded and finely, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup chili powder
1 Tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne)
1 can (13-3/4 oz) beef broth
2 cans (14-1/2 oz each) stewed tomatoes
1 bottle (12 oz) beer
1 bay leaf
Lime wedges for garnish

Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Working in
batches, saute brisket until browned, about 10 minutes.
Transfer to a plate. Add onion, jalapenos and garlic to
drippings in pot; cook over medium-low heat until onion is
very tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in chili powder, cumin,
salt, and red pepper; cook 1 minute. Return meat to pot.
Stir in broth, tomatoes, beer and bay leaf. Heat to boiling.
Lower heat; simmer with cover slightly ajar until meat is
tender, about 1 1/2 hours. For last 20 minutes, uncover to
thicken chili.

To serve, ladle chili into bowls. Garnish each bowl with
lime wedge.

Servings: 8
Nutrition per Serving:
334 Calories, 17g Fat, 84mg Cholesterol, 30g Protein,
712mg Sodium, 15g Carbs

Exchanges: 1 Bread/Starch, 4 Medium-Fat Meat

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