Topic: Kick Ass Chili Con Carne

[Unclebuck]

Chili Con Carne

Serves 4

500g Minced Beef
2 Tbsp Virgin Olive Oil
1 large Onion - Fine Chop
1 Red Pepper - Fine Chop
3 Cloves of Garlic - Crushed
1 400g Can of Kidney Beans
1 400g Can Chopped Plum Tomatoes
12 Fresh Green Chillies - Fine Chop (seeds not removed)

The Spices and Herbs(Dry) heaped Tsps

2 Tsp Oregano
2 Tsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Basil
1 Tsp Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp Ground Black Pepper
1 Tsp paprika
0.5 Tsp Salt or to Taste

Method:

In large pan add oil on high heat add meat once beef is browned add onion and red pepper and sweat for five mins the add the toms, beans, garlic and green chillies bring to the simmer. Stirring from time to time.

When ingredients are simmering add spices and herbs stir in turn heat to lowest setting and go to the pub for 2 hours!! Done... Garnish with dry chili flakes if you dare, Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy.


Edit by George: almost 2 months after posting this recipe, Unclebuck corrected a serious flaw, when he said: "i add 1 tsp cumin and 0.5 ground coriander"

[HOTRING]

Sounds nice but no cummin Powder?
I know the mexicans always put chilli & chocolate together so I always put a bit of coco in my chilli or if I want a sweet one drinking chocolate, but apart from obviously chilli powder I always thorght cummin was a key ingredient along with coriander powder?

[Unclebuck]

Of coarse! how rude of me i add 1 tsp cumin and 0.5 ground coriander.

[Onion B]

Chili Con Carne

Garnish with dry chili flakes if you dare

I dared...WOW.

Thanks Unclebuck I have thrown out Jamie Oliver's recipe.

[Unclebuck]

Chili Con Carne

Garnish with dry chili flakes if you dare

I dared...WOW.

Thanks Unclebuck I have thrown out Jamie Oliver's recipe.

Cheers OB glad you survived!! 

[Hargiwald]

This looks good, though I myself am a bigger fan of chilis without any tomato and with whole meat that is cooked so that it starts falling apart. This kind is generally quicker though, and I've never found a perfect recipe for the tomato and minced meat kind, so I'll try this and see if it does the trick it looks good, but no beer? I generally find that beer in the sauce is, well, a great thing simply put. Well, either way, I'll give it a go when I get well and can go buy ingredients again.

Until then, maybe I should translate this Swedish recipe for the other kind of chili that I found and make a thread later on here, that recipe is truly awesome.

[Ader1]

Until then, maybe I should translate this Swedish recipe for the other kind of chili that I found and make a thread later on here, that recipe is truly awesome.

Did you ever translate the Swedish recipe?

[976bar]

This does look good.

Although I would never use tomatoes in a Chilli. I would use Tomato Puree instead of, plus I would use a can of mixed beans in a mild chilli sauce, available from Tesco and the like.

And I always put some cumin in my Chilli too.

However, I must say I have never gone for the cocoa.... I will have to try this it sounds interesting

[Rob290482]

i love Chili con carne on jacket potatoes. I was wondering how this doesnt burn or dry out? all the receipes i have seen say to add some sort of liquid. Would it be the juice in the tomoatoes where the juice comes from? as the chilli beans have some nasty thick liquid in that i always drain and rinse the beans first before using.

Rob

[chriswg]

I usually add a glass or so of Red Wine to mine and let it reduce right down. I've never added cumin or ground coriander but they will both be going in my next batch. I also have a few Dorset Naga chillis growing in my conservatory. I'm a little scared to use them though!