My Ultimate Smokey Chilli Con Carne. My Ultimate Smokey Chilli Con Carne Natalie Marten Windsor, UK This is how I make my chilli con carne. A firm family favourite, with so many levels of amazing flavour. This is an adaptation of a recipe posted by Lynne Valeriote on the foodtv.ca web site.
A good value healthy smoky chilli con carne recipe, perfect with boiled rice, or chips and salad. The smoky flavour really adds to the chilli, with lots of beans thrown in for the 'healthy eating' factor. The best way to produce a rich and thick chilli con carne is to cook in a pot with lid in the oven. You can cook My Ultimate Smokey Chilli Con Carne using 29 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of My Ultimate Smokey Chilli Con Carne
- It's 500 g of lean beef mince,.
- Prepare 1 tin (420 g) of baked beans OR red kidney beans,.
- It's 1 of green bell pepper, sliced, seeds removed,.
- Prepare 200 g of closed cap mushrooms, chopped,.
- You need 4 of large handfuls baby spinach leaves,.
- Prepare 2 of red onions, chopped,.
- Prepare 4 of dried smoked chipotle morita chillies,.
- Prepare 4 of dried Guajillo chillies,.
- You need 2 tbsp of tomato puree paste,.
- Prepare 1 of scotch bonnet chilli, very top trimmed off,.
- Prepare of Spices & herbs:.
- It's 4 tsp of good quality smoked paprika,.
- Prepare 3 tsp of dried oregano,.
- You need 2 tsp of dried corriander,.
- Prepare 2 of heaped tsp quality cocoa powder,.
- It's 2 tsp of garlic granules,.
- It's 2 tsp of cinnamon,.
- You need 1 tsp of cayenne pepper,.
- You need 1 tsp of ground cumin,.
- Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli flakes,.
- Prepare of Other:.
- It's 1 of beef stock cube, crumbled,.
- It's 350 ml of water,.
- It's of Ground black pepper and salt to season,.
- You need 2-3 tbsp of vegetable oil.
- Prepare of To garnish:.
- It's of Fat free quark, or sour cream,.
- Prepare of Fresh parsley leaves,.
- Prepare of Grated cheddar cheese.
It also helps if you crumble the stock cube directly into the pot rather than dissolving in water first. Mix seasoning blend together and set aside. How to make the ultimate chilli con carne. Learn how to make a wonderful no-fail chilli con carne with expert advice and tips from Donal Skehan.
My Ultimate Smokey Chilli Con Carne step by step
- Add the vegetable oil to a large saucepan and heat over a medium heat. Once the oil is hot add in the chopped onions and fry for a few minutes then add in the meat. Stir and brown off. Add in all of the dried spices and herbs and stir to coat the meat evenly..
- Next add in the bell pepper and the mushrooms. Stir once more. Add in the cocoa powder, crumbled stock cube, tomato paste and season well with salt and pepper. Add the beans and stir everything together. Lower the heat..
- Pour in the water and bring to a simmer. Add the dried chillies plus the scotch bonnet chilli. Just cut to top off the scotch bonnet to release the flavour from it as it simmers in the sauce. Cover with a lid and simmer for around an hour. Stir occasionally and if needed add a touch more water as the sauce thickens and reduces down..
- At the end of cooking once the meat and vegetables are tender and the sauce a rich glossy deep brown, add in the spinach leaves and allow them to wilt down. Serve up and garnish with cheese, quark or sour cream and parsley leaves. Enjoy! :).
Find Donal's ultimate chilli recipe here and give it a go yourself. Chili con carne is a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine, and in my opinion it is very similar to the frijoles charros that we eat in Mexico. It does taste quite different, but is so delicious! Some of the main characteristics of most chili recipes are that they have beans, and that they have a deep smoky flavor. Bacon, fire-roasted tomatoes, and spicy smoked paprika give this easy-to-make chili recipe a deep, complex flavor.