Chili con Carne

Name: Chili con Carne
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 large onion cut into small dice, about 5mm square; 1 red pepper cut into small squares; 2 garlic cloves minced; 1 tbsp oil; 1 heaped tsp hot chilli powder (or 1 level tbsp if you only have mild); 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp ground cumin; 500 g lean minced beef; 1 beef stock cube dissolved in 300 mL of water; 400 g can chopped tomatoes; 1/2 tsp dried marjoram; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp instant coffee; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 410 g can red kidney beans; plain boiled long grain rice, to serve; soured cream, to serve; 1 packet tortilla chips

Mireya González @mireya_gonzalez

Bristol

One of our favorites! It's always a feast when we make this dish.
The original recipe is from Good Food and I think it's the best one I have tried. We make it over and over, and never get tired of these Mexican flavors.
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Mireya González @mireya_gonzalez

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Ingredients

1 hr

5 servings

1large onion cut into small dice, about 5mm square
1red pepper cut into small squares
2garlic cloves minced
1 tbspoil
1heaped tsp hot chilli powder (or 1 level tbsp if you only have mild)
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspground cumin
500 glean minced beef
1beef stock cube dissolved in 300 mL of water
400 gcan chopped tomatoes
1/2 tspdried marjoram
1 tspsugar
1 tspinstant coffee
2 tbsptomato purée
410 gcan red kidney beans
plain boiled long grain rice, to serve
soured cream, to serve
1 packettortilla chips

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Steps

1 hr

1

In a pan, on the hob over medium heat. Add 1 tbsp oil and leave it for 1-2 minutes until hot. Add the onion and cook, stirring fairly frequently, for about 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft, squidgy, and slightly translucent.
2

Add in the garlic and red pepper. Give it a good stir, then leave it to cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3

Brown 500g lean minced beef. Turn the heat up a bit, add the meat to the pan and break it up with your spoon or spatula. The mix should sizzle a bit when you add the mince.
4

Keep stirring for at least 5 minutes, until all the mince is in uniform, mince-sized lumps and there are no more pink bits. Make sure you keep the heat hot enough for the meat to fry and become brown, rather than just stew.
5

Make the sauce. Crumble the beef stock cube into 300ml hot water. Pour this into the pan with the mince mixture.
6

Add the can of chopped tomatoes. Stir in the ingredients like dried marjoram, instant coffee, sugar, and add salt and pepper to your taste. Add the tomato purée and stir the sauce well.
7

Simmer it gently. Bring the whole thing to the boil, give it a good stir and put a lid on the pan. Turn down the heat until it is gently bubbling and leave it for 20 minutes.
8

Check on the pan occasionally to stir it and make sure the sauce doesn’t catch on the bottom of the pan or isn’t drying out. If it is, add a couple of tablespoons of water and make sure that the heat really is low enough. After simmering gently, the saucy mince mixture should look thick, moist and juicy.
9

Drain and rinse the red kidney beans in a sieve and stir them into the chilli pot. Bring to the boil again, and gently bubble without the lid for another 10 minutes, adding a little more water if it looks too dry.
10

Now replace the lid, turn off the heat and leave your chilli to stand for 10 minutes before serving. This is really important as it allows the flavours to mingle. Serve with soured cream, tortilla chips, and plain boiled long grain rice.

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Mireya González @mireya_gonzalez

on October 18, 2020 14:43

Bristol

Hi fellow cooks! I am a "sauce" (read South 😂)American girl(older girl 😁) living in Bristol since 2007.I was born in Chile but grew up in Brazil, between two cultures, two languages, two food planets.Everything happened in the kitchen - the laughs, the dances, the pasta fights, the dog's invasion after each meal, and so on.Everyone in my family cooks.Since a young age, I saw my grandparents, my parents, my sister, my brothers, aunties & uncles and everyone else around me trying to feed me, all the time! It doesn't happen anymore, I have to do it now, for myself and for my family. I feed everyone!Here you will find some of those old recipes and some new ones.Also, you will see that my cooking skills come with nice food photos too.See you in the kitchen!