Chilli con carne

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Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes

Cuisine: Mexican

Healthy options: Egg free; Gluten free; Healthy; Nut free

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Ingredients

2 cups SunRice White Medium Grain Rice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 brown onion, chopped
500g beef mince
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoons chilli flakes
1 green capsicum, seeded and deveined, diced
400g can diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
400g can kidney beans, rinse and drained
1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander, plus extra to serve
salt, to taste
sour cream and diced avocado, to serve

Preparation method

1. Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook onion for 5 minutes or until soft.

2. Add beef mince, garlic and spices; cook, stirring to break up mince, until mince is brown. Add capsicum, tomatoes, tomato paste and 1/2 cup water.

3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
4. While meat is cooking, cook SunRice Medium Grain rice as directed on packet. Add kidney beans to meat sauce and stir to warm through. Stir in coriander. Add salt, to taste.

5. Serve chilli con carne topped with extra coriander leaves, sour cream and avocado. Accompany with rice.

Tips
Serve with guacamole instead of sour cream and avocado.

For convenience, use a sachet of ready prepared Chilli Seasoning Mix.

Use SunRice Brown Rice or White Rice in 90 seconds

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