Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Chili con Carne


We stay in the winter dishes: this one is another famous one and easy to make: Chili con Carne
Ingredients:
500 gr brown beans in pot
1 big onion
1 red capsicum (paprika)
6 roma tomatoes (without peeling and cut to pieces, with liquid)
2 tl capsicum (paprika) powder
Butter
300 gr minced meat
Chilipowder, this is a mix of capsicum (paprika) powder, kumin (komijn of djintan), coriander and cayenne pepper
Salt (to taste)

Preparation:
Put the beans in a stainer (vergiet) so the liquid can go out.
Cut the onion and capsicum to small pieces.
Smother (smoor) the onion with the capsicum powder in a few spoons of butter.
Add the fresh capsicum pieces and bake a few minutes.
Add the minced meat and bake until it it light brown.
Add the tomatoes (with liquid) and bring to cooking.
After cooking, put fire low and stil until you have a thick sauce. It must be not too thick, but also not soup, somewhere inbetween.
Add the beans and heat the dish.
Add the chili powder and salt to taste.
Serve with white rice.





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