Winter-warmer – Chilli!

Unfortunately I can’t take credit for this recipe -  this comes for the blog “For the love of cooking” and as she says, she has been perfecting it for 12 years now.  I have to say, it’s a pretty great recipe.

Of course, I can’t seem to follow a recipe exactly, so here are my changes.  Instead of stew meat I used beef mince.  I used a whole red capsicum and a whole green one for both flavour and colour.  I omitted the garlic powder as I don’t have any.  I omitted the can of green chillies and instead added zucchini.  I just used a small tub of tomato paste instead of tomato sauce.  And I used 2 tins of kidney beans instead of other beans.  If you’re a vegetarian, just omit the beef – I’ve made it several times without and it’s still lovely.

To serve, I added natural yoghurt, grated cheddar, sliced spring onions, and avocado mixed with lemon juice, salt and pepper.  Usually I would serve with rice, but I had leftover cous-cous to use up.  I topped with a healthy serve of corn chips for crunch.

This recipe makes at least 4 large man-sized serves, so we divided up the remain and froze it for a meal at a later date.  I recommed you start this recipe early in the day so the flavours of the chilli have time to blend and develop.  As the smells waft through the house it will be very difficult to resist scooping up a portion early but I promise it is worth the wait!