My recipe thread

I have decided to put all my recipes in one thread so I can find them more easily. Tonight I made chilli beef and it was delicious!

This is my favourite chilli beef recipe. I have another longer chilli beef recipe which takes over 2 hours to make. When you are tired and depressed you don't want to be cooking for 2 hours so I made this shorter recipe. It is really easy to make.

Easy Chilli Beef Recipe

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
500g extra lean minced beef (5% fat)
1 tbsp dried onion flakes
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tsp dried basil, thyme or mixed herbs
1/2 tsp coriander seed powder
1/2 tsp cummin seed powder
1/2 tsp sweet paprika
1/2 tsp Gourmet Garden semi dried chilli flakes*
1/4 tsp sea salt
Ground black pepper
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
400g can Mutti Polpa finely chopped tomatoes
1 sachet Leggo's no salt tomato paste
1/2 cup water
50g frozen kale
250g packet Sunrice pre-cooked organic brown rice
400g can organic kidney beans, thoroughly rinsed
2 tbsp Gourmet Garden semi dried coriander leaves

Cook minced beef with the olive oil in a medium sized, 3 litre saucepan for 5 minutes. There is no need to brown the beef. You just want to cook it until it is no longer pink. Stir frequently with a wooden spoon to break down the mince into finer bits.

Thoroughly rinse and drain the kidney beans.

Add the herbs and spices, sea salt, black pepper, Tabasco sauce, finely chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, water and kale. Simmer for 20 minutes on a medium low heat with the lid on, stirring occasionally.

Add the brown rice and gently break it up with the wooden spoon (the rice will be all stuck together).

Add the kidney beans and coriander and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

I like to have Grana Padano cheese with mine.

*If you are using dried chilli flakes, ie. Hoyts, use 1/4 tsp. They are hotter than the Gourmet Garden chilli flakes.