Chilli con carne
Great for families, not just students! This recipe has chilli to give it an extra kick. Make enough to last a while as it tastes even better after a few days!
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Prep time: 10 mins
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Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins
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Total time: 1 hr 40 mins
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Serves: 4
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Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
For extra kick, you can add 3tsp of finely-chopped jalapeno pepper to the onion and beef when you fry them. For more flavour, you can add a dash of cayenne pepper and a small amount of dried cloves to the seasoning. To get the most taste from your chilli, let it cool, then leave it in the fridge for a day or two so the flavours intensify.
- 2tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1kg (2 1/4lb) lean minced beef
- 2 glasses red wine
- 1x400g can red kidney beans
- 2x400g cans chopped tomatoes
- 1 green pepper, roughly chopped
- 3tbsp tomato purée
- 2 red chillies, thinly sliced, or 3-4 tsp dried chilli flakes
- 1tsp ground cumin
- 1tsp ground coriander
- 1 stick cinnamon
- Dash of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 beef stock cube
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large bunch coriander leaves, roughly chopped
- Plain yogurt, sour cream or creme fraiche
Method
- Fry the onion and garlic in a large, heavy saucepan until softened. Turn up the heat and add the mince, cooking quickly until browned and breaking down any chunks with a wooden spoon. Pour in the wine and boil for 2-3 mins.
- Add the tomatoes, green pepper, tomato purée, ground coriander, chilli, cumin, cinnamon, and Worcestershire sauce and crumble in the stock cube. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook over a low heat for about an hour, stirring occasionally until the mixture is thick.
- Add the kidney beans and fresh coriander. Cook for a further 10 mins, uncovered, before removing from the heat.
- Top each portion with a dollop of plain yogurt, sour cream or creme fraiche and serve with rice, baked potatoes or crusty bread and a green salad.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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Your comments
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Melanie, posted 1 year ago
This was a great recipe but just as a FYI there was a couple of ingredients that were not listed: green peppers and kidney beans. Other than that it was fab!
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darcy, posted 1 year ago
today is the first time i have looked at this site and it looks great but would be even better if all the recipes were cal and fat counted thanks
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leanne, posted 1 year ago
how much green pepper and kidney beans do you need to add to the chilli con carne, as they have not been mentioned in the ingredients list. thanks
