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Chilli con carne
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Chilli con carne

Beef mince and kidney beans simmer in a warming, lightly spiced tomato sauce.

Prep
10 min
Cook
40 min
Serves
4
Level
Easy
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Gather

Ingredients

  • 1 tbspvegetable oil
  • 1onion, chopped
  • 1red pepper, deseeded and diced
  • 2 clovegarlic, crushed
  • 500 gbeef mince
  • 2 tspground cumin
  • 1 tspmild chilli powder
  • 1 tbsptomato purée
  • 400 gchopped tomatoes
  • 400 gtinned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 200 mlbeef stock
  • salt and black pepper, to taste

Make

Method

  1. 1.

    Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion and pepper until softened.

    7 minutes
  2. 2.

    Add the garlic and beef. Cook, breaking up the mince, until browned.

    7 minutes
  3. 3.

    Stir in the cumin, chilli powder and tomato purée and cook for 1 minute.

    1 minutes
  4. 4.

    Add the tomatoes, kidney beans and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened.

    25 minutes
  5. 5.

    Taste and season with salt and pepper before serving.