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Express chilli con carne

Name: Express chilli con carne
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 600 g minced beef; 500 g tinned red kidney beans; 1 onion; 1 shallot; 1 beef stock cube; 500 ml tomato coulis; 2 tablespoons chilli spices; 4 tablespoons olive oil; Tabasco; Fine (or table) salt

This is a really express recipe, a "true" chilli is longer and more difficult to do.

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Duration

35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 17^th 2026

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 600 g minced beef
2 500 g tinned red kidney beans
3 1 onion
4 1 shallot
5 1 beef stock cube
6 500 ml tomato coulis
7 2 tablespoons chilli spices
8 4 tablespoons olive oil
9 Tabasco (optional)
10 Fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 1,835 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

6 min.

Cooking

30 min.

All in all

35 min.

Preparation 6 min.

Cooking 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Chop 1 onion and 1 shallot, put them in a pan with 4 tablespoons olive oil and salt. Cook 2 or 3 minutes.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.

Then add 600 g minced beef, salt again and mix.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 8 min.

Cook for about 7-8 minutes.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 500 ml tomato coulis, and the beef stock cube.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 500 g tinned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

And finally 2 tablespoons chilli spices.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 10 min.

Mix well, and cook for about 10 minutes.

Stage 8

Put Tabasco on the table so that each guest can help himself, and serve the chilli with rice, plain white for example.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	12 g RDI=19 %	18 g RDI=7 %	10 g RDI=14 %	214 kcal RDI=11 %	898 kJ RDI=11 %
Per person	37 g RDI=58 %	56 g RDI=21 %	30 g RDI=42 %	653 kcal RDI=33 %	2,738 kJ RDI=33 %
Whole recipe	225 g RDI=348 %	339 g RDI=128 %	185 g RDI=254 %	3,923 kcal RDI=196 %	16,427 kJ RDI=196 %