Chilli Con Carne

Name: Chilli Con Carne
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: Light Olive Oil; 1kg Beef Mince; 2 Onions (finely chopped); 5 Large Cloves of Garlic (put through crusher); 500ml Fresh Coffee (use 1 table spoon in cafetière); 1 tsp Dried Chipotle Chilli Flakes; 2 tsp Dried Ancho Chilli Flakes; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (lightly toasted); 1/2 tbsp Dried Oregano; 1 tbsp Muscovado Sugar; 2 tsp Chilli Powder (can be mild or hot, to taste); 1 Small Carton or Small Tin of Passata; 2 or 3 Fresh Long Green Chillies (can substitute red); 2 tin (or 800g) kidney beans

6 steps

Tasty chilli. Rich flavour. Go easy on the coffee. YOU CAN HALVE THE MEET AND ADD MORE BEANS IF YOU LIKE.

Updated at: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:40:22 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

light olive oil

1kgbeef mince

2onions

finely chopped

5 ClovesGarlic

Large, put through crusher

500mlFresh Coffee

use 1 table spoon in cafetière

1 tspChipotle Chilli Flakes

Dried

2 tspAncho Chilli Flakes

Dried

1 tspCumin Seeds

lightly toasted

½ Tbspdried oregano

1 Tbspmuscovado sugar

2 tspChilli Powder

can be mild or hot, to taste

1Carton

Small, or Small Tin of Passata

2Long Green Chillies

Fresh, can substitute red

800gtin kidney beans

Instructions

Step 1

1. Heat oil in a hot pan. Brown mince in batches. Remove and keep liquid from each batch. Remove fat from the liquid, retain the rest.

Step 2

2. Heat oil in the same (now empty) pan, on high heat. Add onions until lightly browned. Turn heat down then add the crushed garlic. Cook until onions soft and transparent.

Step 3

3. Return the browned mince to the pan. Add the 500ml of coffee, a teaspoon of salt and add the retained juices from the meat (fat layer removed) then cover and simmer for 2 hours.

Step 4

4. Meanwhile toast the cumin seeds and add to a small bowl with all of the sugar and spices. Add this to the pan after the two hours of simmering along with the passata and the fresh chillies.

Step 5

5. Remove the lid to cook the tomato, chillies and the spices in the pan, it should take at least 30 minutes.

Step 6

6. 10 minutes before it looks as though the chilli will be ready, add the beans. Serve after the beans have been cooked for 10mins.