Sunday 18 December 2011

The Perfect Hangover Cure - Chilli Con Carne

Lovely day & night at Rudi and Amy's wedding yesterday, she looked amazing! Great food, great company, great entertainment but a great big hangover this morning. I knew I'd feel like this, so I got the mince out the freezer at 2am this morning!

Top Tip: Keep a lemon and lime in the freezer then when you need to use for cooking you can grate it frozen 


Crucials
One red onion
500 grams of lean steak mince
Three hot red chillis
One teaspoon of dried chillis
Three cloves of garlic
One beef stock cube
One red or yellow pepper
Tomato purée
Spoonfull of plain flour
Half carton of Passata
Two tins of chopped tomatoes
Spoonful of ground coriander
Two tins of kidney beans (drained and rinsed)

Optional - (o)

Cherry tomatoes
Grated Lime zest
Glug of Lea Perrins
Grated mature cheddar
Sour cream

  • Chop the onion and add to a mixing bowl with the garlic and the mince.
  • Season with salt and pepper
  • Chop and add the chillis to the bowl and a spoonful of coriander
  • Mix it together with your hands so that everything combines 

  • Fry the mixture in olive oil on a medium heat in a large saucepan (don't use too much oil)
  • Grate in a small amount of lime zest and stir together (o)
  • Add two heaped spoonfulls of tomato puree
  • Stir in the spoonfull of flour
  • Chop the pepper and cherry tomatoes (o) and add them to the mince and fry for approx two mins

  • Add one tin of chopped tomatoes and break in the beef stock cube
  • Add in half a carton of passata
  • Add a glug of Lea Perrins (o)
  • Add two tins of kidney beans
  • Cook on a low heat for at least an hour, stirring regularly and season to taste


Serve with basmati rice and a sprinkle of grated cheddar and dollop of sour cream on the side.




How to make perfect fluffy rice
  • Add the rice to a saucepan and add cold water to cover the rice by about a centimetre 
  • Turn on a high heat and bring it to the boil (uncovered) , when you start to see it bubbling you need to let it boil for about a minute (no longer)
  • Turn it right down to minimum heat and cover with a lid (do not uncover)
  • Simmer for exactly 10 mins
  • Take it off the heat and it should be perfect!




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