I don't have a picture, but I often end up making this whenever my girlfriend and I have a smoke together.
It's my homemade 'Chili con Carne'
What you need;
Onions
Garlic
Paprika/Bell pepper
Olive oil
Tomato purée
Beans (I often use beans in chili sauce)
Diced/crushed tomatoes
Meat (diced or minced)
Fresh chilies (I prefer Habanero or Bhut Jolokia peppers)
Cayenne pepper (dried spice)
Salt
Pepper
Cumin
Coriander
Oregano
Basil
Chipotle (dried spice)
Smoked paprika/bell pepper (dried spice)
Rice
Corn chips (Tortilla chips)
Crème fraiche
Fresh veggies or a salad (I prefer a salad)
How you do it;
(While you're making the "stew", you'd best also start on the rice, so that they're done about the same time)
- Chop up the onions, garlic and chili peppers.
- Add he oil to a deep pan, or casserole, and heat it up.
- Add the onion and garlic to the hot oil, and let it simmer for a little while (the onion should turn "glass like" and turn a little yellow/brown, but not fried or burnt.
- Add the tomato purée to the mix, and stir. Let it warm up properly.
- Mix in the chopped up chili peppers and the meat.
- While this is "fizzing" and simmering, add the salt, pepper and spices. I never use measurements, I only use my "gut". But if you're afraid to use too much, you can always leave it at "so and so", and add more later when you're tasting it. Plenty of time left! Let the meat fry evenly, but do not let it dry out. Stir now and then to mix it with the onion, garlic. chili and spices.
- Add the diced/crushed tomatoes. I usually buy pre-crushed from the store (in a can or something like that). You can get them organic and tasty. Less of a "hassle" if you don't feel like crushing them yourself. And let this simmer a little.
- Add the beans and the paprika/bell pepper. Give it a good stir.
Now is the time for tasting. Need more salt? Need more herbs? Need more spices?
Serve it with rice and a salad (I like to mix the rice in to the stew itself), and a bowl of corn chips (I like to use these to eat with, and just skip the fork or spoon).
And I top it with a few spoons of Crème fraiche.
Bon appétit!
- C