Recipes

Chilli Con Carne

This week, turn up the heat in the kitchen and feed your friends on the cheap with our Chilli Con Carne. How hot can you handle it?

INGREDIENTS

half a tin of chopped tomatoes
250g-ish minced beef
half a tin of red kidney beans (draine and rinse in a colander before using)
1 x beef stock cube
half an onion, chopped
1 clove of garlic, chopped
splodge of tomato puree
chilli powder
cup of rice
splash of red wine / red wine ice cube (optional)

OTHER INFO

For: 1
Vegan: No
Vegetarian: No
Cooking Level: Easy
Time to prepare: 15 mins

NUTRITIONAL INFO

PER MEAL
	Calories	370
LOW	Sugars	4.04g
LOW	Fat	7.23g
LOW	Saturates	2.68g
LOW	Salt	0.61g

STEP 01

Fill a saucepan 3/4 full of water and put it on the hob to boil.

STEP 02

Heat a dash of olive oil in a frying pan, and once hot, fry the garlic and onion in it.

STEP 03

After 5 minutes or so, add the beef. Crumble it up in your hands before you put it in the frying pan, and chop any big bits up in the pan with your spatula or knife.

Keep crumbling or separating the mince into small pieces. Once the meat is starting to brown, add a dash of red wine (about half a wine glass) or a couple of frozen red wine stock cubes. (This is optional).

STEP 04

Give it a good stir, coating the beef in the onion, garlic and wine.

STEP 05

Your water should be boiling now for the rice. So, pinch of salt in the water first then add the rice. Roughly allow a cup of rice per person.

STEP 06

Squirt in a splodge of tomato puree, stir it in, then add the chopped tomatoes. Again, a good ole stir.

STEP 07

Get your beef stock cube, and instead of dissolving it in water, we're going to crumble it into our frying pan. This adds more flavour to the beef and thickens our mixture slightly.

STEP 08

Now add the kidney beans. Remember to drain and rinse them in a colander before you add them to the pan. Stir them into the mixture.

Now, finally, the chilli. Add as much or as little as you want, your choice here, whether you like it spicy or not. Just sprinkle it over and stir it in.

STEP 09

After the chilli's gone in, turn down the heat to about half and genlty simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes; either until the rice is cooked (taste it to find out) or the mixture becomes a little drier, whichever comes first.

STEP 10

After 10 minutes, drain the rice and put onto your plate, then spoon the chilli con carne over the top...or on the side, whichever you fancy.

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