Quick Chilli

Introduction

I used to be known for my chillies. Hot, full of veg, beans & flavour, I'd make them though the winter to keep warm. Or whenever someone in my student house came down with a cold, it became a competition to make the hottest, yet most flavoursome chilli as a cure.

Recently though, I've not made them. Perhaps having children tempers the heat in food and to me a chilli without heat just shouldn't be made.

A few things however lead to me making one today. Firstly was the success of my chilli plant. Well at least until the Rabbits discovered how to reach it.
Second was a delicious looking steak chilli recipe written by one of my fave food bloggers (She Cooks She Eats - well worth a read). After reading this I really began to crave a chilli.
Lastly, my wife developed a nasty cold on a night that the children were having tea with grandparents. This was the final straw, we were having chilli for tea!!

This version is the quick one. Totally in contrast with my usual style of slow cooking, and not a lentil in sight.

Ingredients


Onion
Celery
Garlic
Carrot
chopped roughly - this is a quick chilli - one day I'll post a posh chilli recipe


Chillies
the cornerstone of this recipe, should be hot enough to make you perspire but not overwhelm the flavour - for this I used a deseeded scotch bonnet and a couple of serenade chillies chopped roughly



3 tsp cumin
3 tsp paprika
500g minced lamb or beef
Pile of cherry tomatoes
not chopped, pierced



400g Passata
use more if you prefer it tomatoey
Couple of peppers
2 tins kidneys beans
Splash of red wine
Squeeze of marmite
Handful fresh coriander

Method


1. Fry off the onion, celery, carrot & garlic until the onion is clear
2. Stir in the chillies, cumin & paprika. Mix for a minute or two
3. Add the mince and stir well. Fry until the mince is well cooked
4. Add the tomatoes and stir for a couple of minutes
5. Add the passata and stir again.



5. Add the wine & marmite and keep stirring until the required thickness. Should be about 10 mins
6. In the meantime, put some rice on
7. Just before the rice is ready, mix in the kidney beans
7. Serve & garnish with coriander & cheese if you like


8. Later on, mix the leftover rice in to the cold leftover chilli & have a cheeky supper



Enjoy!