Pop's Chilli con Carne

Pop’s 'Famous' Chilli Con Carne Recipe

Ingredients (serves 10)

5 measured tbsp of “Pop’s Famous ‘11 Spices’ Chili Powder”

1 kg coarse ground beef

1 Yellow Capsicum

1 Red Capsicum

2 Brown Onions

1 heaped tbsp of fresh Crushed Garlic

400g Red Kidney Beans

800g Diced Tomatoes

125g Corn Kernels

20 Birds-Eye Chillies

10 Jalapeno Chillies

250ml (1 cup) Liquid Vegetable Stock

50g (2 tbsp) sachet of Plain Tomato Paste

1 Bay Leaf

50g Butter

Salt to taste

(Vegetarian alternative, Replace meat with the following) (Single cooking phase, 16 minutes low pressure)

400g Lentils

400g Butter beans

400g Chickpeas

Preparation

Wash all vegetables.

Cut one and a half onions into thin slices to be sauteed in butter. Cut the remaining half onion into large cubes and set it aside to be used later.

Remove all internal seeds and structure from the Birds-Eye chillies and then dice the flesh into tiny pieces. You want it to essentially dissolve it in the pressure cooker.

Remove all internal seeds and structure from the Capsicums and Jalapenos, and dice them so that you can fit a few pieces onto a spoon.

Beef should be lightly grilled to brown, and drained of fat.

Flush kidney beans and corn kernels in sieves with fresh water before using them.

Method (Pressure cooker)

1. Saute the thin-sliced onions in the pot with butter until very caramelised.
2. Towards the end of the saute, add the fresh crushed garlic and saute until golden brown.
3. Broil (or flame grill) and drain the beef mince, then add it to the pot
4. Thoroughly season the beef with “Pop’s Famous ‘11 Spices’ Chili Powder”
5. Add the bay leaf, tomato paste, sauteed onions, garlic and finely diced Birds-Eye Chillies
6. Add liquid vegetable stock just enough to create steam pressure. Too much will make the chili watery.
7. Pressure cook on high setting (e.g., ‘Curry’) for around 20 minutes
8. Release pressure and add diced capsicums, diced jalapenos, diced tomatoes, kidney beans and remaining large-cut onions
9. Pressure cook on low setting (e.g., ‘White Rice’) for around 10 minutes.
10. Release pressure and immediately add corn kernels
11. Remove the bay leaf, and salt to taste