Tex-Mex chilli con carne with beans

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Dice onion and pepper into 1 cm pieces and finely chop garlic.

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12 min

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Ingredients

  • 800 gBeef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw
  • 500 gBeans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt
  • 800 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice, no salt added
  • 250 gOnions, raw
  • 200 gPeppers, sweet, green, raw
  • 20 gGarlic, raw
  • 25 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 6 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 3 gSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
  • 6 gSalt, table
  • 300 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking

Method

  1. Dice onion and pepper into 1 cm pieces and finely chop garlic.
  2. Heat oil to 175 °C in a wide pot. Fry onion and pepper for 4 minutes, then add garlic, cumin and cayenne for 2 minutes.
  3. Add beef in two batches and break up each batch for 4 minutes until no pink meat remains.
  4. Stir in tomatoes, beans, water and salt. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook uncovered at 90 °C for 35 minutes until sauce coats the beans.
  5. Take off the heat and rest chilli for 5 minutes, then divide into four bowls.