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Jill Dupleix
October 19, 2011

Cuisine

Chilli con carne

Photo: Marina Oliphant

Reader rating:

Rating: 35 out of 5 stars (14 votes)

Cooking time
Ready in 1-2 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Cuisine
Mexican
Course
Dinner

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This great standby dish has legions of fans. To serve, scatter with diced avocado, tomato, lime and coarsely crushed corn chips.

Ingredients

  • Serves 6

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
  • ½ green capsicum, finely diced
  • 600g lean minced beef
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp jalapeno peppers, chopped
  • ½ tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 250ml light red wine
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 400g can tomatoes, chopped
  • 400g can red kidney beans, drained
  • Sea salt and pepper
  • 3 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped

Method

Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook onion for five minutes until softened. Add garlic, stirring, then capsicum and minced beef, breaking it up as it fries. Cook until nicely browned, about 10 minutes.

Add cumin, jalapeno peppers, dried chilli, oregano and sugar, stirring. Add red wine, bring to boil, simmer for five minutes.

Add tomato paste, tomatoes, kidney beans and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, add coriander and serve.

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16 reviews

  • Rating: 35 out of 5 stars

    I just buy the Old El Paso kit from the supermarket & it's done in less than 10min. Probably a lot cheaper too

    Commenter
    Aardvark
    Location
    Melbourne
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 11:17AM

    • Rating: 35 out of 5 stars

      Some people however actually like to have some flavour with their food. Yes cooking a proper Chilli Con Carne takes time but you should try it one time. You will be surprised at how bad your Old El Paso kit really is. Probably a lot healthier too.

      Commenter
      Neslom
      Location
      Date and time
      February 16, 2012, 2:49PM

    • Rating: 30 out of 5 stars

      Wow..I bet that the packet crap tastes good Aardvark.

      Commenter
      hungry
      Location
      Sydney
      Date and time
      February 16, 2012, 3:11PM

    • Rating: 25 out of 5 stars

      If you are happy with the Old El Paso pre packaged stuff why are you bothering to read a recipe and comment? That stuff is made especially for people who use time shortage as an excuse for laziness.

      Commenter
      Groucho
      Location
      Date and time
      February 17, 2012, 1:07PM

  • Rating: 30 out of 5 stars

    Agree with Aardvark - who has 2 hours to spare to cook dinner??.... The Continental one is pretty good, a bit spicier.... to turn it into a real killer - just make the night before and let the flavour soak then reheat even quicker. Double the quantity - freeze half.

    Commenter
    workingmum
    Location
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 2:02PM

  • Rating: 10 out of 5 stars

    Real Chili Con Carne is made with shredded beef cooked for hours. This is Taco Bel

    Commenter
    MOJO
    Location
    CA
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 4:09PM

  • Rating: 15 out of 5 stars

    I agree with the Aardvark. If you tweak some of the "mexican bean" cans, they taste great, quicker and cheaper.

    Commenter
    Sir Daniel
    Location
    Royal Randwick
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 4:51PM

    • Rating: 45 out of 5 stars

      Umm.... hello?
      This recipe takes 45 minutues, and I;'m sure if you wanted to you could cut down the cooking time and compromise some flavour.
      NeXt time you buy Old El Paso take a look at the fine print and see how much added salt and preservatives there are in that rubbish!! Your body will thank you for taking the time to feed it something substantial and the clincher, HEALTHY, as well, by cooking something like this from scratch.

      Commenter
      M
      Location
      Date and time
      February 16, 2012, 10:00PM

  • Rating: 45 out of 5 stars

    This looks really good! I actually cooked chilli con carne for 105 yesterday. One batch for 70 with beef mince and another batch for 35 with kangaroo mince. I'm always looking for ways to jazz it up or improve it. I think this recipe might be the ticket!
    Thank you Jill!

    Ben

    Commenter
    Ben_Tasmania
    Location
    41 degrees South
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 5:46PM

  • Rating: 40 out of 5 stars

    A lot of the flavour is from the cumin and oregano, as well as the chillis. You can use dried herbs and ground spices - much better than the emulsifiers and preservatives in the mex packet mixes and takes pretty much the same amount of time,

    Commenter
    SPoD
    Location
    arriba riba andolle andolle
    Date and time
    February 16, 2012, 11:33PM

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