Chilli con carne
Simple and delicious. I used to over complicate this massively until Carolina showed me a much better way.
Ingredients
- 500 g mince beef
- 1 medium onion
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 can plum tomatoes
- 2 tsp garlic granules or 4 finely chopped cloves of garlic
- 2 tsp paprika powder
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Fry the mince first, no oil, just the pot and the mince. Have the pot on medium heat.Yep, none of this frying the onions then the garlic and so on.Break up the mince with a wooden spatula as it fries to smooth out the lumps.
- Once the meat is all brown, the rest of the ingredients go in. The order doesn't really matter to be perfectly honest :)
- On this occasion it was onions ...
- followed by kidney beans 5 minutes later ...
- then the spices, salt, cumin, paprika, garlic granules(I would have added the garlic with the onions if it was fresh garlic)
- Cook together for 5 minutes and then throw in the tomatoes.
- I like to sweat the tomatoes with the lid on for 5-10 minutes before mashing them up with the wooden spoon.
- Once the tomatoes are mashed, lower the heat to the lowest setting and lid the pot.
- Leave to simmer for 25-30 minutes. You shouldn't needs to add any water.
- All done, enjoy with pasta or rice.