Slow Cooker Chilli Con Carne
Mixture can be doubled to make enough for large families or to make a couple of different meals.
Serving: 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 onions
- 6 cloves garlic or 6 tsp minced garlic
- 2 celery sticks chopped
- 1kg beef mince
- 1-2 tsp chilli powder depending on personal preference ( I use 1)
- Small pinch cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp oregano
- 2 cans chopped tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- ½ cup water
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cans red kidney beans
Instructions
- I brown my mince, you don’t have to, it’s personal preference
BROWNING MINCE METHOD
- 1. Heat oil in pan, add onion, garlic and celery. Stir over heat for 5 minutes or until softened.
- 2. Add the beef mince, cook for 5 minutes until brown.
- 3. Add chilli, cayenne and oregano, stir well.
- 4. Mix in the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper and kidney beans.
- 5. Transfer to Slow Cooker and simmer on Low for at least 2 hours or HIGH for at least one hour or more. Times depend on your Slow Cooker and may vary so keep an eye on it for your fist time and adjust as required.
NON BROWNING MINCE METHOD
- 1. If you don’t want to brown the meat first, just mix all the ingredients into a bowl or use the slow cooker bowl and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or HIGH for 3-4 hours. Times depend on your Slow Cooker and may vary so keep an eye on it for your fist time and adjust as required. Maybe get a wooden spoon to get the lumps out of the meat and stir every hour, unless you like the lumps then leave as is.
Notes
- Serve on Jacket potatoes, with grated cheese and sour cream.
- Or over rice.
- Or on corn chips with grated cheese and sour cream.
- Or layer in slow cooker as a lasagna with sour cream and grated cheese mixed together used as the cheese type sauce and use dry lasagna sheets.
- So many options.
- Mixture can be doubled to make enough for large families or to make a couple of different meals.
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