Truly Yummy Chilli Con Carne
Gluten free and dairy free chilli con carne. Recommended ingredients Belazu Early Harvest extra virgin olive oil, Knorr beef gravy stock pot, La Chinata smoked paprika powder, Mutti chopped tomatoes, Mutti concentrated tomato paste, white onion, garlic, red chilli, minced beef, ground coriander, chilli powder, kidney beans, brown muscovado sugar.
Equipment
- 1 casserole pan recommend Le Creuset cast iron casserole dish with lid
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil recommend Belazu Early Harvest extra virgin olive oil
- 1 white onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- ½ red chilli, deseed, finely chopped
- 500 grams minced beef
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika powder recommend La Chinata smoked paprika powder (sweet rather than hot)
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp tomato purée recommend Mutti concentrate tomato paste
- 2 400g tins of chopped tomatoes recommend Mutti chopped tomatoes
- 200 ml beef stock recommend Knorr beef gravy pot mixed with 200ml water
- 1 400g tin of kidney beans, rinsed in water
- 1 tsp dark brown muscovado sugar or any sugar you have in your cupboard
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Turn the oven on to 150℃.
- In the casserole pan, heat the olive oil and fry the chopped onions, crushed garlic and chopped red chilli on a low to medium heat for 5 minutes until the onion is translucent and soft. If sticking, add a drop of water rather than more oil and pop the lid on.
- Add the mince beef to the pan, break it up using a spoon and cook until brown.
- Stir in the paprika powder, ground coriander, chilli powder and cook for a minute.
- Add the tomato purée, tinned tomatoes, stock, kidney beans and sugar. Stir and season with a grind of black pepper. No need to any salt as there is plenty in the stock.
- Bring it to the boil and pop a lid on before putting it into the oven. Cook for an hour giving it a stir half way through to ensure everything is cooking evenly.
Notes
If you'd like to use braising steak. I recommend you cube it rather than using large slices. If you'd like to use Puy lentils. I recommend using a 250g pouch of Merchant Gourmet Puy Lentils ready to eat.
For a little extra heat add more fresh chilli or chilli powder.