Ultimate Chilli Con Carne

Name: Ultimate Chilli Con Carne
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: Serves: 6
Ingredients: Olive oil; 2 onions, chopped; 1 kg stewing steak, cut into 4cm pieces (I like to use beef shin); 1 kg stewing steak, cut into 4cm pieces (I like to use beef shin); 300 g chorizo, sliced; Salt and pepper; Salt and pepper; 5 cloves of garlic, chopped; 3 red chillies, chopped (leave the seeds in for extra heat); 2 tsp ground cumin; 1½ tsp ground allspice; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 bay leaves; 1 tbsp dried oregano; 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 100 ml red wine; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 2 red or yellow peppers, chopped; 2 red or yellow peppers, chopped; 800 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 3 tbsp tomato purée; 800 g borlotti or kidney beans; 800 g borlotti or kidney beans

Preparation info

Serves:
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr 30

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

If you are looking for hearty but wholesome dish, look no further. This recipe is for my weekend-worthy version, slow-cooked for extra richness.

Ingredients

Olive oil
2 onions, chopped
1 kg stewing steak, cut into 4cm pieces (I like to use beef shin)

Stew
Main course

Method

In a large ovenproof pan or casserole dish, heat some olive oil and soften the onion. Add the stewing steak and sliced chorizo, turn up the heat and season generously with salt and pepper.

Let the beef and chorizo take on some colour before stirring in the garlic, chilli, ground spices, cinnamon stick, bay leaves and oregano, followed by the balsamic vinegar, red wine and sugar. Let it