{"id":83,"date":"2015-03-05T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=83"},"modified":"2017-08-06T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T16:57:34","slug":"cheeky-chilli-con-carne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Cheeky Chilli Con Carne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>500 gm Lean Minced Beef or 400 gm&#8217;s of Quorn Mince<\/li>\n<li>1 x 400 gm tin of chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>300ml of Beef Stock\u00a0or 300ml of Veg Stock with a couple of teaspoons of Marmite in it.<\/li>\n<li>1 heaped teaspoon of hot chilli powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon of ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon of smoked paprika<\/li>\n<li>Some sunflower oil<\/li>\n<li>2 Tablespoons of Tomato Puree<\/li>\n<li>3 chopped fresh tomatoes or 3 chopped sundried tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1\u00a0green chilli chopped (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 large chopped onion<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves of garlic<\/li>\n<li>1 large chopped (diced) green or red pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 drained and rinsed tin of kidney beans<\/li>\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>dash of ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>teaspoon of sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat a large heavy based pan to a medium heat (with a lid) and add around a tablespoon of sunflower oil.<\/li>\n<li>Throw in your chopped onion, pepper and garlic and fry gently until the onions are translucent.<\/li>\n<li>Add your mince\/Quorn and fry until it has browned.<\/li>\n<li>add your 3 spices (cumin, paprika and chilli) and fresh chilli if you are using them and stir and cook for around 5-10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tomato puree and fresh or sundried tomato and stir well.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tinned tomatoes and stock, stir and bring to the boil.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce to a simmer, place the lid on and leave for 20 &#8211;\u00a025 minutes checking to make sure it doesn&#8217;t stick.<\/li>\n<li>after 20-25 minutes remove the lid and add the drained kidney beans.<\/li>\n<li>Stir and simmer without the lid on for a further 15 &#8211; 25 minutes or until the sauce has reduced slightly (you be the judge).<\/li>\n<li>Remove from the heat, bung the lid back on and stand for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with rice, baked potato or fresh bread or all three and chips.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients : 500 gm Lean Minced Beef or 400 gm&#8217;s of Quorn Mince 1 x 400 gm tin of chopped tomatoes 300ml of Beef Stock\u00a0or 300ml of Veg Stock with a couple of teaspoons of Marmite in it. 1 heaped teaspoon of hot chilli powder 1 teaspoon of ground cumin 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=83\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,8,9],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-chilli","tag-food","tag-mince"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}