Chili con carne

Name: Chili con carne
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Beef minced 1 lb; Precooked black beans (gross weight) 7 cups; Red peppers 8 oz; Tomato purée 2 cups; Meat broth 3 cups; White onions (around 2) 5 oz; Red onions (around 1) 3 oz; Garlic 3 cloves; Fresh chili pepper 1; Extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp; Powdered cumin 1 tsp; Powdered coriander 1 tsp; Brown sugar 1 tsp; Black pepper 1 tsp; Fine salt 2 tsp; Coriander to taste

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Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Serving: 4 persone
Cost: Average

PRESENTATION

Texan or Mexican? Chili con carne is the ultimate tex-mex recipe, which became popular in the South and United States thanks to so-called chili queens, women of Hispanic origin who prepared this delicious spicy stew at home and sold it to workers, soldiers and cowboys. Originally chili was made of nothing but meat and chili pepper, as the name of this dish suggests, however it is now commonly enriched with beans, peppers and tomato. We've decided to present you with this version, appreciated worldwide because of just how easy it is to prepare, not to mention its decisive flavor and versatility. You can serve chili con carne with plain rice, tortillas and avocado for a Mexican-style dinner, or American-style, with cheddar, french fries and sour cream, or as the most classic filling for burrito: either way, we're sure you'll love it!

Try the veg version and other delicious recipes of tex-mex cuisine:

Meat tacos
Fajitas

INGREDIENTS

Beef 1 lb (800 g) - minced

Precooked black beans 7 cups (1170 g) - (gross weight)

Red peppers 8 oz (250 g)

Tomato purée 2 cups (500 g)

Meat broth 3 cups (360 g)

White onions 5 oz (160 g) - (around 2)

Red onions 3 oz (100 g) - (around 1)

Garlic 3 cloves

Fresh chili pepper 1

Extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp (30 g)

Powdered cumin 1 tsp

Powdered coriander 1 tsp

Brown sugar 1 tsp

Black pepper 1 tsp

Fine salt 2 tsp

for garnishing: Coriander to taste

Procedure

To make chili con carne, start by preparing the meat broth: follow our recipe and keep it hot. Now prepare the ingredients: peel and chop the garlic cloves 1, the red onion 2 and the white onion 3.

Cut the pepper 4 and peperoncino into pieces, after removing part of the seeds 5. Heat half the oil in a saucepan (a cast iron one if possible), then add the minced meat 6.

Season with a teaspoon of salt 7 and brown on a medium-high flame for ten minutes or so, after adding a ladle of meat broth, leaving it to simmer and reducing 8. Once browned, place the meat in a bowl and leave to one side 9.

Add the remaining oil to the same saucepan and add the peperoncino 10, garlic 11 and onions 12.

Add the peppers too 13 and flavor with a teaspoon of salt, the pepper 14 and the brown sugar 15.

Add the powdered cumin and coriander too 16. Turn up the flame, add a ladle of broth 17, then cook the vegetables on a medium-high flame for 10 minutes in total. Now add the previously browned minced meat 18.

Add the tomato puree 19 and the remaining broth 20. Leave to simmer on a medium flame for 60 minutes, stir occasionally and make sure it does not reduce too much 21; how fast it cooks depends on the type of saucepan you used.

Once the cooking time is up, add the beans with around 2 cups of their liquid 22, and simmer for another 40 minutes on a medium-low flame. Remove the saucepan from the heat when done and leave to rest for ten minutes or so 23. Garnish with a few coriander leaves and serve your chili con carne nice and hot 24!

How to store

Chili con carne can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 days.

It can be frozen once thoroughly cooled.

Tips

As mentioned in the presentation, there are lots of different versions of chili con carne: you can leave out the beans or peppers, use meat pieces instead of minced meat, or opt for a beef-pork mix.

If you can't find black beans then use borlotti ones!

Vary the spice mix according to your taste, for example by adding some cinnamon, paprika, a dash of lime or even some dark chocolate! With this recipe you should make a slightly spicy chili.

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