Chilli con carne recipe

Name: Chilli con carne recipe
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Mexican, TexMex
Ingredients: 1 large onion; 1 red pepper; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp oil; 1 heaped tsp hot chilli powder (or 1 level tbsp if you only have mild); 1 tsp paprika; 1 tsp ground cumin; 500g lean minced beef; 1 beef stock cube; 400g can chopped tomatoes; ½ tsp dried marjoram; 1 tsp sugar (or add a thumbnail-sized piece of dark chocolate along with the beans instead, see tip); 2 tbsp tomato purée; 410g can red kidney beans; plain boiled long grain rice to serve; soured cream to serve

Instructions

Cook:1h 10min

This great chilli recipe has to be one of the best dishes to serve to friends for a casual get-together. An easy sharing favourite that uses up storecupboard ingredients.

Updated at: Sat, 16 May 2026 14:57:30 GMT