Mary Berry Chilli Con Carne Recipes

BEST-EVER CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan. Add onion and season. Cook for 2-3 mins until soft.
• Stir in garlic, chilli, cayenne (if using), allspice, cumin, paprika and oregano. Cook for 2-3 mins.
• Add mince and cook for 5-6 mins, until no longer pink. Stir in tomato purée and anchovies, if using.
• Pour in tomatoes and wine, then stir through sugar. Bring to the boil then reduce to simmer.
• Tip in beans then continue to simmer for 90 minutes, stirring and topping up often with hot water from kettle.
• Taste and adjust seasoning as needed before serving.

EASY CHILLI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion until it just begins to soften. Add the garlic and chilli and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the mince and cook over a high heat until browned, breaking up with the side of a spoon as it cooks.
• Once the meat is browned all over, add the paprika and cumin. Mix well and add the peppers. Crumble in the stock cube, and add the water and tomatoes.
• Bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes or until the mixture has thickened slightly.
• Taste the chilli and adjust the seasoning as required. Rinse and drain the beans. Add to the pan and cook for another 10 minutes until the beans are piping hot. Serve garnished with coriander, if desired.

CHILLI CON CARNE WITH POPPED KIDNEY BEANS

Steps:

• Cover the dried chillies with boiling water and leave to rehydrate.
• Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic, pick the coriander leaves, then finely chop the stalks. Deseed and finely slice the fresh chillies.
• Drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil into a large pan over a medium heat, add the onions, garlic, coriander stalks and most of the fresh chilli, then cook for 10 minutes, or until the onion is soft but not coloured.
• Peel and finely chop the carrots, add to the pan with the paprika, cinnamon and half the cumin seeds, and fry for a further 5 minutes.
• Reserving the soaking water, drain the rehydrated chillies, then finely chop and stir into the pan. Add the mince, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, then cook for 5 minutes, or until all the liquid has evaporated and the meat has browned.
• Add the reserved soaking water followed by the tomatoes, breaking them up with a wooden spoon. Season with sea salt and black pepper, then bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and leave to tick away for 1 to 2 hours, or until thickened.
• Meanwhile, char the peppers by carefully holding them with tongs over a flame or placing under the grill, turning regularly until blackened all over. Place in a bowl, cover and leave to steam for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Discard the blackened skin and seeds from the charred peppers, then slice into strips and add to the chilli.
• With 5 minutes to go, toast the cumin seeds in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat for 2 minutes. Add a good drizzle of oil, drain and add the beans, then fry until crisp and starting to pop, tossing regularly. Season to taste, then tip into a serving bowl.
• Season the chilli to taste, remove the cinnamon stick, then scatter over the reserved fresh chilli, coriander leaves and popped beans. Delicious served with a dollop of yoghurt or soured cream.

SLOW COOKER CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Place the onion, red pepper and coriander stalks into a slow cooker.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, season the beef with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then fry in two batches until golden-brown, transferring to the slow cooker when ready.
• Add the garlic, spices and oregano to the pan juices and fry for one minute until fragrant. Stir in the tomato purée, tomatoes and stock then bring to a boil. Pour the hot sauce over the beef in the slow cooker, then cover with a lid and cook on low for seven hours. Stir in the beans, then cook the chilli for an hour more until the meat is very tender.
• Pop the chocolate into the chilli, let it melt, then stir. Season the chilli to your taste, then scatter with the coriander and serve with rice or cornbread.

CARNE CON CHILE

Steps:

• In a dry heavy-based frying pan, toast the guajillo chillies until fragrant but not burnt. Transfer them to a bowl and pour over 450ml of just-boiled water. Leave them to soak for 15-20 minutes. In the same pan, dry fry the tomatoes and garlic until softened and charred. Set aside the tomatoes and garlic until cool enough to handle, then peel off and discard the garlic skins and quarter the tomatoes, skin and all. Heat a tablespoon of lard or oil in a large flameproof casserole and brown the cubes of beef all over. It's best to do this in batches, adding another tablespoon of lard or oil as needed. Transfer each batch of meat to a plate. Then add the remaining lard or oil to the pan and fry the onion for 3-4 minutes until softened. Add the cumin, oregano, allspice and bay leaf. Cook for 2 minutes, then turn off the heat. Preheat the oven to 180°C/ Fan 160°C. Put the soaked chillies and about 150ml of their soaking liquid in a blender and add the garlic, tomatoes, salt and chipotles en adobo. Blend until as smooth as possible, then tip into the casserole with the onions and add the browned beef. Stir in about 300ml of the chilli soaking water. Reserve the rest in case you need more later. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer, cover and cook for 1½ to 2 hours until the beef is tender. Check the water a couple of times during cooking and make sure that the meat doesn't dry out. Add a little more water if necessary. While the meat is cooking, prepare the tortillas and a selection of toppings. Serve with warmed tortillas, toppings and beans or rice, if desired.

CHILLI CON CARNE RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare your vegetables. Chop 1 large onion into small dice, about 5mm square. The easiest way to do this is to cut the onion in half from root to tip, peel it and slice each half into thick matchsticks lengthways, not quite cutting all the way to the root end so they are still held together. Slice across the matchsticks into neat dice.
• Cut 1 red pepper in half lengthways, remove stalk and wash the seeds away, then chop. Peel and finely chop 2 garlic cloves.
• Start cooking. Put your pan on the hob over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp oil and leave it for 1-2 minutes until hot (a little longer for an electric hob).
• Add the onion and cook, stirring fairly frequently, for about 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft, squidgy and slightly translucent.
• Tip in the garlic, red pepper, 1 heaped tsp hot chilli powder or 1 level tbsp mild chilli powder, 1 tsp paprika and 1 tsp ground cumin.
• Give it a good stir, then leave it to cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Brown 500g lean minced beef. Turn the heat up a bit, add the meat to the pan and break it up with your spoon or spatula. The mix should sizzle a bit when you add the mince.
• Keep stirring and prodding for at least 5 minutes, until all the mince is in uniform, mince-sized lumps and there are no more pink bits. Make sure you keep the heat hot enough for the meat to fry and become brown, rather than just stew.
• Make the sauce. Crumble 1 beef stock cube into 300ml hot water. Pour this into the pan with the mince mixture.
• Add a 400g can of chopped tomatoes. Tip in ½ tsp dried marjoram, 1 tsp sugar and add a good shake of salt and pepper. Squirt in about 2 tbsp tomato purée and stir the sauce well.
• Simmer it gently. Bring the whole thing to the boil, give it a good stir and put a lid on the pan. Turn down the heat until it is gently bubbling and leave it for 20 minutes.
• Check on the pan occasionally to stir it and make sure the sauce doesn't catch on the bottom of the pan or isn't drying out. If it is, add a couple of tablespoons of water and make sure that the heat really is low enough. After simmering gently, the saucy mince mixture should look thick, moist and juicy.
• Drain and rinse a 410g can of red kidney beans in a sieve and stir them into the chilli pot. Bring to the boil again, and gently bubble without the lid for another 10 minutes, adding a little more water if it looks too dry.
• Taste a bit of the chilli and season. It will probably take a lot more seasoning than you think.
• Now replace the lid, turn off the heat and leave your chilli to stand for 10 minutes before serving. This is really important as it allows the flavours to mingle.
• Serve with soured cream and plain boiled long grain rice.

CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan with a lid and fry the onion and garlic until softened. Increase the heat and add the mince, cooking quickly until browned and breaking down any chunks of meat with a wooden spoon. Pour in the red wine, if using, and boil for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes, tomato purée, fresh chilli or chilli flakes, cumin, ground coriander, cinnamon and Worcestershire sauce and crumble in the stock cube. Season well with salt and pepper.
• Bring to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook over a gentle heat for about 50 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally until the mixture is rich and thickened.
• Add the kidney beans and fresh coriander. Cook for a further 10 minutes, uncovered, before removing from the heat and add any extra seasoning if necessary.
• Serve with lime wedges, rice, guacamole, soured cream and a big green salad.

CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and peppers and sweat off on a low heat for 5 minutes until the peppers are softened and the onion is translucent.
• Over a medium heat, add the beef mince and mix well breaking it up and browning all over and fry for 5 minutes
• Add the chilli powder, cumin, paprika, tomato puree and mix until well combined. season with salt and pepper and allow to cook out for another 2-3 minutes until fragrant.
• Add the tomatoes, drained and washed kidney beans, stock and Worcestershire sauce, mix well and bring to the boil.
• Reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered for 1 hour.
• Keep an eye on the texture, if the mixture is getting too dry, add a drop of water.and stir occasionally, scraping from the bottom to avoid it catching
• You should now have a nice thick smokey chilli
• Serve with rice, a dolop of sour cream and maybe topped with grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese.

ONE-POT VEGETARIAN CHILLI WITH BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Wash the potatoes and prick them with a fork. Wrap them in kitchen foil and bake in the oven - this should take about 1 hour, depending on the size of your potatoes. 2. Meanwhile, make the chilli sauce. Heat the oil in a medium to large saucepan, add the onions and fry gently for 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, green beans and red pepper. Turn up the heat slightly, then stir in the drained kidney beans and the veggie mince (if using) and cook through for 1 minute. 3. Stir in the chipotle paste or chilli flakes, the chopped tomatoes, water, Worcestershire sauce and tamari or soy sauce. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cover and cook for 30 minutes, checking and stirring occasionally. 4. Taste, and add more seasoning as necessary. If you prefer a spicier sauce, add extra chipotle paste or chilli flakes. The sauce should be rich and thickened. Finally, stir in the herbs and add sea salt and black pepper to taste. Keep warm until the potatoes are ready. 5. To serve, spoon the chilli sauce evenly over the baked potatoes and top each one with a dollop of sour cream or crème fraîche.

CHILLI CON CARNE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan with a lid and fry the onion and garlic until softened. Increase the heat and add the mince, cooking quickly until browned and breaking down any chunks of meat with a wooden spoon.
• Pour in the red wine and boil for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, fresh chilli or chilli flakes, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and Worcestershire sauce and crumble in the stock cube. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook over a gentle heat for about 50 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally until the mixture is rich and thickened.
• Add the kidney beans and fresh coriander. Cook for a further ten minutes, uncovered, before removing from the heat, adding any extra seasoning if necessary. Serve with rice, guacamole, sour cream and a big green salad.
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• The chilli is much tastier a day or two after it's cooked because the flavours develop and the texture becomes richer. Simply leave to cool, stick in the fridge and gently heat before serving. If you're eating the chilli on the day you prepared it, any leftovers can be frozen in individual portions in well-sealed sandwich bags, then reheated by boiling from frozen in a saucepan of water for about 15-20 minutes until steaming hot.