Loaded Chili Baked Potatoes

Ingredients:

for the chili:
1 lb cubed sirloin or stew meat
three cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
2-3 jalapenos, diced
xx oz (2 cans) diced tomatoes alongside chopped chiles, drained
xxx oz (2 cans) nighttime ruddy kidney beans, drained
1/2 teaspoon terra firma chipotle
1 1/2 tablespoons New Mexican chili powder
body of body of water salt
freshly terra firma dark pepper

for the potatoes:
half dozen large Russet potatoes
two avocados, cubed
1/2 loving cup sour cream
1/2 ruddy onion, diced
1/2 loving cup crumbled Mexican queso fresco

Directions:

For the chili:

Spray a skillet alongside nonstick spray. Quickly saute the meat until the meat is merely barely cooked on all sides. Add to a 4-quart dull cooker. Stir. In a pocket-size bowl, stir together the tomatoes, peppers, beans, in addition to spices. Pour over the meat mixture. Stir to evenly combine. Cook on depression 7-8 hrs in addition to thence high until laid upwards to serve (up to two hours). If the chili looks watery thence plough upwards to high in addition to larn out the lid ajar for xxx minutes or until thickened.

1 1/2 hrs prior to serving:

Preheat oven to 400. Bake potatoes until fully cooked, almost 1 hour. Slice inward one-half lengthwise in addition to allow to cool slightly. Scoop out the potatoes into a large bowl, reserving the skins. Mash alongside a murphy masher. Stir inward the chili to evenly distribute it inward the potatoes spell yet leaving the meat in addition to beans whole. Scoop dorsum into the skins, transcend alongside avocado, sour cream, ruddy onion in addition to queso fresco.

Serves 12


Note:

Potatoes tin hold upwards made ahead.  Reheat in addition to garnish alongside sour cream, onion, avocado in addition to cheese prior to serving.

My thoughts:

Although I similar to mean value that saltation is correct roughly the corner, inward reality, it is yet somehow January. Sigh. We had a few relatively balmy days at that spot in addition to forthwith nosotros are dorsum baking to warm the house. 

Anyway, I ask heed at that spot is some kind of sporting result this weekend thence I idea it would hold upwards a practiced fourth dimension to postal service this wintery, filling twist on baked potatoes. They aren't twice-baked thence they come upwards together a niggling to a greater extent than speedily in addition to since the chili is made inward the dull cooker (which is perfectly safe, This Is Us viewers) at that spot is really niggling hands-on time.

These potatoes are thence filling, merely one-half alongside some sides (chips in addition to guac anyone?) is a total meal. I know a lot of Super Bowl parties are all snacks all the fourth dimension but adding these filling, protein-rich potatoes volition sure hold upwards welcome in addition to entirely slightly to a greater extent than hard than merely making chili.