Chilli

[berty2001]

Does anyone have a reallygood recipe for chilli. I make it with just mince, tmoatoes, chillis, onions, garlic and kideny beaans. It's nice but would like to make try something different

[jills]

you could try adding some ground cumin...gives it nice full flavour, but other than that (and a splodge of tomato puree)...our recipes are the same! Apparently it's good made with diced pork...as the original recipe was made with chunks of meat, not mince. Not tried pork, but have used beef chunks and it works really well.

[jills]

Ooops, hit submit by mistake. You can make it with diced chicken. Sounds odd, but it's a recipe in one of Ainlsey Harriots books. he calls it Acapulco chicken but its really just chilli made with chicken. Works really well served with some rice, sour cream and maybe some lime doritos....

[rekstout]

Try with chunks of stweing steak instead, cooked really low and slow - like a casserole and try including some black treacle - just a spoon but it adds a greak depth of flavour.

[rarll]

Try putting spices in it.I use a teaspoon each of cumin and paprika. Also put in a teaspoon of sugar. If you can, make it the night before and pour in either a bottle of lager or half a bottle of red wine. Bring to the boil and then simmer for an hour or two. Absolutely gorgeous. Hope this helps

[Jase]

This is cheeky but try adding a tin of baked beans. It does add a lot of flavour. Also like the others say - a teaspoon of cumin, paprika and sugar. I also like to add a couple of bayleaves, a sprinkling of oregano and right towards the end of cooking time - a tablespoon or two of lemon or lime. You could try a mix of minced pork and beef too

[DrWu]

My understanding of 'proper' mexican chilli is that it should include chocolate (not CDM obviously but the proper dark bitter stuff...tried it once tasted *****!) try including some of the discovery (not Old el Paso fajita mix....really nice!) also squeezing a load of lime juice over the rice (basmati)helps too! oh! and a dollop of sour cream/creme fraiche in the middle of it once on the plate is nice too!

[Elfin]

I had a mexican dish once that had chocolate in it - I think it is made with cocoa (which is not sweet), rather than actual chocolate! Agreed though, not the nicest taste. I made a chilli with lamb mince tonight and it was quite a nice change. Partner made positive noises about it anyway :-)

[cucumbers]

I have won cups and medals for my chilli !! ok so they were awarded by me but i make a darned good one. firstly use good ground beef. preferably from a butcher but not essential. supermarket stuff will do. fry it up ( about a pound weight for 4 people should do it ) gently with a teaspoon of olive oil to brown it and get the fat out of the meat. when brown , drain off the fat and oil and place in a seperate pan. slice 2 large strong onions and cook them in the fat etc until they are soft. add chopped fresh garlic and FRESH chilli,s , To suit your taste remembering that the longer you cook them the hotter they will make the chilli. Fry them for a minute or two and then add them to the ground beef in a large pan. Add a tin of plum ( not chopped or cheap ) tomatoes and a good squeeze of tom. puree. raise the heat to simmer and add 2 peppers ( chopped into 2cm ish bits ( my preference ) and about 20 mins later add 1/2 pound of quartered button mushrooms. What makes it is this ! add 1 good teaspoon of colemans english mustard, 1 tablrspoon of sarsons vinegar and a good splosh of HP sauce. no seriously. add the kidney beans ( drained and rinsed and raise the heat for about 5 mins. lower to a simmer and leave as long as possible. if serving with plain boiled rice then splash some dark soy sauce onto the rice and it will enhance the taste of the chilli itself. A dash of tabasco can be added to the chilli but i find it gives it a too distinctive taste. hope this will be tried as i have always had good comments about it . enjoy.

[cucumbers]

a quick ps. add a carton of passata sauce instead of puree and it will make it really creamy. not my taste but nice apparently.

[Moog]

1 tee spoon of Cumin, one of Paprika and two of chilli powder, use fresh deseeded chillis and make it the night before.

[rinkytink]

BEST EVER CHILLI

[LeedsRhinos]

A bottle of beer is a must also try ground Chuck steak from your butchers

[LeedsRhinos]

When I say Beer I mean lager

[secretspirit]

I use the same ingredients for you but I add an oxo once the beef is browned, a splash of white wine vinegar and about a tablespoon of ketchup as well as a splodge of puree. I also put in about a teaspoon of chilli powder because it has a different flavour to fresh ones.

[smugbabe]

I suggest using some gravy granules just before serving. Not only does it make the chilli thicker... but makes it a bit more beefy tasting.

[wessyuk]

Bit extravagant this, but try using venison, you can buy venison cubed, use this with your own recipe, may need more seaoning and chillis (I use 4 chillis per pound of venison and 1 tsp chilli powder)