Chilli-con-carne

[hammerman]

Never cooked the stuff before and hardly ever eaten it. But i think it would go down well with my guests on bonfire night so i need to know basically how to cook it.

If anyone has a basic version that i can do from scratch, im happy to tweak it.

Look forward to your answers

[Traci66]

I use baked beans instead of kidney beans, family don't like kidney beans and a tsp of marmite.

[MarkRae]

Cook beef mince in its own juice until it's brown. Drain the fat and use that to fry chopped onions. Add the fried onions back to the cooked mines, add kidney beans, chopped red peppers, chillis and water, bring to the boil and simmer for half an hour. Serve with boiled rice and garlic bread.

[Psybbo]

http://www.bbcgoodfoo...3228/chilli-con-carne

[Mamyalynne]

A few squares of the darkest chocolate at the end brings out even more flavour.

[friedgreentomato]

You don't have to do I with mince you can do it with chopped beef too.

[Traci66]

Mamya, I never thought of that, but I did make a chilli chocolate cake last week.

[ummmm]

Mark - seriously? That sounds naff.

[vodkancoke]

Mine isn't authentic at all but it goes down a storm. I use braising steak for mine. I dust it in a mixture of paprika, cayenne and flour. Fry the steak in a little olive oil until browned. Remove from the pan and put a little more olive oil in the pan. Fry onion, garlic and fresh chillies until brown. Add some red wine and peeled plum tomatoes and cook until it has reduced by half. Add beef stock and the steak and cook for around an hour and a half-2 hours over a low heat. After this time, add kidney beans and heat through. I serve it with guacamole, soured cream and tortillas.

[Mick-Talbot]

blend some garlic , ginger, onion and chili peppers
get that going in a frying pan with olive oil.
Fry off mince and get rid of the water, when browned add to other ingredients. Lob in some cheap plain choc if you have any.
throw in the kidney beans and any other bean you fancy.

I sometimes throw in 1/2 a can of cider.

[pastafreak]

Many years ago-I spent about 6 months between jobs,cooking chilli 4-5 nights a week in a bar in Brooklyn.
My spice base was what is sold in the States as Chili Powder...a combination of ground cumin,paprika,cayenne pepper,garlic powder and sometimes a bit of oregano.
I started by frying finely chopped onions and garlic-to which I added the spices when the onions were getting translucent. When the spices start to release their aroma-add the mince. Stir and fry at not too high a heat until the mince breaks up and starts to brown. Add tomato paste/puree and stir a few minutes more. Then add1 tin chopped tomatoes,and some beef stock.
Bring to the boil,then reduce heat and simmer for as long as you have time for...3-4 hours is good....2 is fine. About 1 hour before serving-add 1-2 tins of kidney beans.

Serve with sour cream,grated cheese and quacomole.

[NoMercy]

Dry fry mince and drain away the fat. In a separate pan fry finely chopped onions and garlic and add to browned mince. Add generous amount of red wine and allow to reduce. Throw in a couple of bay leaves and knorr beef stock cubes.

Add tesco kidney beans in chilli sauce, tinned chopped tomatoes and a jar of red pesto.

Add the spices: chilli, paprika, cinnamon, mace and cumin (to taste). Add 2 very small squares dark chocolate are the end.

[NoMercy]

These are the kidney beans I buy. They come in a chilli sauce and it adds a real richness to the dish...

http://m.tesco.com/mt...Details/?id=254874745

[snags]

http://www.barelyedib...orrisonschilli01x.jpg

[NoMercy]

Looking foxy today, Snags.

[friedgreentomato]

Snags is looking hot nom!

[NoMercy]

He sure is.

[Paulsy]

A tin of Asda Mexican style bean mix makes a nice change from kidney beans

[LyndaB]

I also add a small square of dark chocolate right at the end. Only one square, and it must be dark chocolate. You will be truly amazed at the difference it makes!