Yummy Black bean chili for slow cooker

Today I made the most delicious black beans with chili ever. I just throw in different amounts of each ingredients every time so you can adjust to taste, but I'll try and put in the amounts as accurately as I can to make it mega delicious.

This dish can be enjoyed with corn bread or tortillas, corn chips, rice or just on it's own or as a side dish with salad. Totally delish. 

Nutritional info:

Black beans are great as they are counted as a vegetable and a protein, have very little saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol and are a good source of fiber. They also are a good source of magnesium, phosphorus and manganese. 

According to the U.S. health authorities black beans can actually help reduce your cholesterol levels and maintain normal blood sugar levels. They help prevent heart disease, diabetes and diverticulitis as well as other gastrointestinal diseases. They also contain phytochemicals which help fight cancer and other chronic diseases. 

To gain these benefits you need to eat around 3 cups of black beans per week. I'm sure if they're included in a well balanced diet though they will be well received by your body regardless of how much of them you eat (unless you go nuts and eat nothing but black beans in which case you only have yourself and faulty genetics to blame). 

To make the black beans you first need to soak them for 2 days, then cook them for 16 mins in the pressure cooker. Then you're good to go!

I usually make a big pot of this then store it for later. It freezes well too.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups black beans (soaked and cooked in pressure cooker)
• 3 big tomatoes chopped into cubes
• 1 bottle tomato pasata
• 3 large chili's chopped
• 1 teaspoon (more or less) dried chili flakes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili paste
• 1 large onion chopped
• 4 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 teaspoons cumin ground
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Fry the onion and garlic in a pan until lightly golden
2. Put black beans, onion and garlic in slow cooker, turn cooker on to a high heat. 
3. Add tomatoes, pasata, chili's, chili paste, cumin, chili flakes, and paprika
4. Add salt and pepper to taste
5. cook for at least 4 hours
6. Eat!