Chilli con Carne

Name: Chilli con Carne
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 700g beef mince; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 large red pepper, diced; 2 tsp cumin; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp oregano; 1 tin diced tomatoes; 1 tin kidney beans, drained; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1/2 cup beef stock; 30g dark chocolate, finely chopped; sour cream, rice or cornbread to serve

A classic Tex-Mex beef chilli with kidney beans, cumin, smoked paprika and dark chocolate. Stirring in the chocolate right at the end rounds out the chilli's depth without making it taste sweet.

Total time

50 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

700gbeef mince

1large onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1large red pepper, diced

2 tspcumin

2 tspsmoked paprika

1 tspchilli powder

1 tsporegano

1 tindiced tomatoes

1 tinkidney beans, drained

2 tbsptomato paste

1/2 cupbeef stock

30gdark chocolate, finely chopped

sour cream, rice or cornbreadto serve

Instructions

Brown beef. Add onion, garlic and pepper, cook 5 minutes.

Add all spices, tomato paste, tomatoes and stock. Simmer 20 minutes.

Add beans and chocolate. Simmer 15 more minutes. Season.

Serve with rice, cornbread or corn chips and sour cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

541

Protein

48.2g

Fat

33.8g

Carbs

13.6g

Fiber

3.7g

Sodium

240mg

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