Spiced Roasted Chicken and Cranberry Bean Chili

Ingredients

• 4 tsp. dried mint
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 5 bay leaves, roughly torn
• 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
• 2 medium green or red bell peppers, halved, cored, and finely chopped
• 1 Tbs. dried oregano
• 1 tsp. dried mint
• + 18 more ingredients
• • 2 tsp. ground coriander
  • Kosher salt
  • ¼ cup plus 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp. whole cloves
  • 1 tsp. pure ancho chile powder
  • 1 3-lb. chicken
  • 2 tsp. yellow mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp. green cardamom pods, cracked, black seeds removed and pods discarded
  • 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
  • 1 quart lower-salt chicken broth
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 4 cups canned chopped tomatoes
  • 4 tsp. finely ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1-½ cups dried cranberry or small white beans
  • 2 tsp. whole allspice berries
  • 1 cup low-fat Greek yogurt

Put the mint and oregano in a fine sieve set over a medium bowl. Rub the herbs against the sieve to crush them into a fine powder. In a spice grinder, grind the bay leaves, allspice, mustard seeds, cardamom seeds, and cloves to a powder and add them to the herb powder. Stir in the black pepper, c...

View full recipe at Fine Cooking