Chilli Con Carne is Spanish for Chilli - With - Meat! A spicy stew containing chilli, meat (usually beef), and beans.
Serve with rice or a jacket potato. A cooling side salad will take some of the heat out of the chilli, but if you like a little more heat simply add extra chilli powder, cayenne pepper or Worcestershire sauce.
Skills Check
Follow a recipe; follow food safety & hygiene rules; tidy away; use measuring spoons; use a measuring jug to measure liquids; use a tin opener safely; chop using bridge/claw technique safely; crush garlic; use a hob | kettle (with adult supervision); use a colander.
Allergens
Gluten
May Contain: Celery | Mustard | Eggs | Soya
(Please note the allergens listed are indicative only. Allergens vary depending on brand; check the labels on the products you use.)
Equipment
Knife, chopping board, garlic crusher, measuring spoons, saucepan, wooden spoon, measuring jug, kettle, tin opener, colander.
Ingredients (serves 4):
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 500g minced beef
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 250ml beef stock
- 400g can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 green pepper, de-seeded and chopped
Method
- Prepare the vegetables; peel and chop the onion, peel and crush the garlic and de-seed and chop the pepper.
- Dry-fry the onion, garlic and minced beef until the mince has browned.
- Stir in the flour, tomato puree and chilli powder and cook for one minute.
- Add in the stock, stirring.
- Drain the red kidney beans and add to the meat.
- Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add the green pepper and allow to cook for a further 15 minutes.
So thinking about Chilli Con Carne ...
Beef mince is a great source of protein and iron, as well as some other vitamins and minerals; however it can also be high in fat so choose lean mince wherever possible.
Kidney beans like other beans are so good for us! Low in fat, sugar and calories and high in protein, B vitamins and fibre.
Nutritional Information
- | Energy | 1283kJ / 310kcal | 12% |
Low | Fat | 5.1g | 5% |
Low | Saturates | 2.9g | 8% |
Low | Sugars | 5.6g | 6% |
Med | Salt | 1.2g | 19% |
per 265g serving
% of an adult's reference intake
Typical values per 100g: Energy 377kJ / 91kcal
Notes
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