Amblin's Chilli
Utensils:
- 1 sharp knife,
- 1 fish slice,
- Wide, deep frying pan,
- Pan for rice,
- Baking tray,
- Plates.
Ingredients:
- 1 pack Tesco finest beef steak mince (English or Scottish, doesn't matter),
- 2 medium heat red chillies,
- 1 clove garlic,
- 1 can red kidney beans in water,
- 2 cans chopped tomatoes,
- 1 large or 2 small onions,
- 1 pack Tesco button mushrooms,
- Olive Oil,
- Hot Chilli Powder to taste (takes practice!),
- Pinch dried basil,
- Pinch dried oregano,
- Pinch dried mixed herbs,
- Basmati rice in sufficient quantity.
Preperation:
Chop the onions (diced) and mushrooms (thinly sliced) and put aside. Unwrap, crush and chop the garlic. De-seed and finely chop the chillies.
Cooking:
Heat the oil in the pan and add the mince, fry until its all cooked, keeping the heat high. Add in the onions and saute. Throw in the chopped chillies, dried spice and herbs, frying for a few more minutes on a lower heat. Add in the garlic, frying until its cooked. Pour on both cans of tomatoes before the garlic starts to burn! Stir and leave to simmer for around 20 minutes under cover.
Stir regularly.
Drain the juice from the kidney beans and rinse them through before adding them and the mushrooms to the simmering sauce. Simmer for 20 to 40 minutes (depending on how Eve is going).
The rice:
Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4 or around 150 degrees Centrigrade.
Boil a kettle of water and pour it over the rice in a deep pan, cover and get to boiling. Then simmer until the rice is cooked.
Pour the cooked rice into a colander and rinse under warm or boiling water. Then put the rice in a baking tray, smooth over with a fish slice and put in the oven for ten minutes.
Remove the rice, use the fish slice to move it around the tray, scraping the stuck rice off the sides of the tray. Put back into the oven for another 7-10 minutes.
Serve! (Does anything between one and six people this meal!)
Oh, and immediately start the baking tray and frying pan to soak in the sink or they'll be a nightmare to clean. And invite me round!
