Chilli Beef
A warm filling beef chilli that will become a family favourite
Ingredients
- 500 gm ground beef
- 1 Onion Large chopped
- 5 Garlic cloves chopped
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 2 sticks celery chopped
- 1 large sweet pepper (or two medium) rough chopped 1 x 1 inch
- 2 dried chipotle
- 1 box mushrooms (300-350gm) rough chopped
- 1 tbsp chilli powder mild
- 2 tsp chilli powder hot
- 1 tbs salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tp black pepper ground
- stock cube or 2 tbs of home made
- 2 tins plum tomato chopped
- 1 tbs tomato paste
- 2 tins Beans (black or kidney, or pinto or..)
- 1 tbs Ooft! Chipotle sauce
- 1 large Bay leaf
- 5 sprigs thyme or 2 tsp dried.
- 1 small bunch coriander and parsley chopped
Instructions
- Finely chop the celery, carrot and onion and sweat in olive oil (1 tbs) for 10-15 minutes until onions soft on medium to low heat. (soffritto)
- Push to one side increase heat to high and add beef to brown. If it throws water let that steam off and then combine with soffritto
- add sweet pepper, tinned tomato ( I usually rinse the tins out with a couple of tabs of hot water and add) and turn heat to medium
- Add, stock, chilli powders, salt, pepper, thyme bay leaf parsley, coriander, dried chipotle and Ooft! tinned beans (drained) mushrooms and tomato paste, sugar and garlic
- Stir and let cook on low heat (I use a 3 but for you ?) for two hours checking and stirring occasionally. Taste adjust seasoning and serve with crusty bread.