Recommend a chilli recipe

[Ms T]

In my recipe you mix some of the spices (cayenne, paprika and cumin, iirc) with vinegar before adding it to the ground meat etc. I think there's oregano in there too, and a slug of wine and quite a bit of tomato puree. You also simmer it for about an hour and a half. It really is lovely.

 

[xenon]

Obviously you've got your onions, minse and beans.

I make a paste with a pestle and morter. Garlic, cumin, chilly powder salt and little oil.

Onions are sweating first. Then the meat goes in.
The paste gets thrown over the browning meat along with few chopped fresh chillies. Then the beans, followed by chopped pepper.

I only put 2 or 3 fresh finely chopped tomatoes in next and some drops of tabasco. Then let the thing simmer away for about an hour. Stirring now and then.

Works for me anyhow. Though sometimes I mash the whole thing up a bit as it's cooking, for that gloopy texture.

e2a now days I leave it cooking for an hour. Not 30 minutes as I used to.

 

[xenon]

Tall pots. Excelent. I have one of those that I tend not to use as it's a bit unwieldy for 1 person's dinner. Must get back into the habit of cooking and freezing batches then.

 

[pootle]

I've used this as a starting point a couple of times and works fine: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3228/chilli-con-carne.jsp

I usually add about double the amount of paprika, chilli and cumin than it says - and the boy adds some cayenne to his - but that's down to taste. In terms of consistency - comes out lush

I tried this one last night! It was still a bit on the liquid-y side but I'm sure I can fix that up by slowing down the heat haps - also added double about of the spices an' that and it delivered quite a pleasing kick. Thanks Biddly!

May try some of the other recipes when I'm making it at a weekend with more time.