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Hello Folks!
So here’s a delicious recipe for a British style chilli con carne 🙂 probably a million miles away from a traditional chilli con carne, but it’s how we like it! You can add other things or leave out things you don’t like….thanks for watching 🙂
-Cheryl x
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What I used: Serves 5
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Large onion – finely diced
Sliced chillies, bell pepper or jalapeños.
3 Garlic cloves – chopped
2 Tablespoons flat leaf parsley – chopped
900g (2lbs) Beef Mince or ground beef
2 Teaspoons oregano
1 Teaspoon salt
2 Teaspoons smoked paprika
2 Teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 Teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 Tablespoons tomato Puree
200ml (6.7oz) Beef Stock
A few pieces of dark chocolate (optional – but really adds depth of flavour!)
800g / 2 cans (28oz) Tinned chopped tomatoes
400g / 1 can (14oz) – Kidney Beans – rinsed

**Sour cream & parsley to serve**

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[Music] well hello there folks and a very warm welcome as usual back to wats for tea and it’s lovely to see you again and I hope that I find you very well indeed and tonight for you I’ve got this wonderful beef chili or chili cor Carney depending on how you like to see it and I’m going to serve this with my beautiful bus MTI rice so hopefully you’ve seen that recipe which is going to be the one before this one so this is everything that I used here but as usual I will put it on the screen as we go and you’ll also find it in the description box underneath the video so I’ve got mint beef I’ve got kidney beans chopped tomatoes beef stock tomato py some garlic a few squares of dark chocolate some jalapenos cumin cayenne pepper I’m using oregano or oregano some smoked paprika onions and just to finish off some parsley as well so go over to your cooker and you want to pop some olive oil into the bottom of your Pan Once that’s nice and hot you can add your onion this is just one large diced onion you want to add a we bit of salt and that’s going to help draw the moisture out of your onion and let it sweat down a we bit better so you want to let your onions cook for about 5 minutes just until they’re nice and soft and starting to go see-through or translucent and then you can move on and I’m going to add some jalapenos you can add bell peppers or chilies whatever you like I didn’t have any bell peppers somebody forgot to get them so I am just going to use chopped jalapenos to this I’m going to add three cloves of garlic which I’ve just diced up you can mince this if you prefer but we like the we chunks of garlic give that a stir around and let this cook for another minute or two just to let the flavor of that garlic come out so the next thing I’m going to add is my minced beef this recipe will serve four or five adults if you don’t want quite as much chili you can half the recipe and just make half the amount but this freezes really well as well so you want to pop your minced beef in or your ground beef break it up with your spoon and you just want to let this cook completely make sure it’s well browned all over and this will take you probably five or six minutes to do it properly you do want it fully cooked so that you see no pink or no pink remains so just keep going until it’s fully cooked the next thing I’m going to add is my tomato py or tomato paste depending on what you like to call it I’m going to call it tomato py because that’s what it says on the tube so you want to mix this well through and let this cook again for about a minute just until it’s the same color all the way through just like this and I know it’s difficult to see with the steam but it is the same color all the way through I’m going to add some cayenne pepper some salt and also some cumin as well but you can adjust these to your own preference I’m add in oregano and smoked paprika as well it’s just going to give it a nice background flavor but you can add whatever you like or take away what you don’t like you can also add things like sweet corn and things to this I know some people do in canellini beans add whatever you want give it another good stir around and as you can see it’s really dry now so we need to add some moisture into this so I’m going to add two cans of chopped tomatoes which is around about 800 G give that a good stir and that’s going to give you some much needed moisture and make it that way bit more vibrant I’m also going to add some beef stock as well and don’t worry about there being too much liquid because when it Cooks you know a lot of this liquid will evaporate I’m also going to add in a can of kidney beans as well if you’re going to use the canned kidney beans make sure you rinse them well because when they come out the can they’re in this sort of goopy liquid so you do want that off you can use dried kidney beans as well but you will need to cook them beforehand and I’m also going to add in a few squares of dark chocolate this is completely optional but it’s going to give you a lovely depth of flavor just a few you don’t need much give that a good start around and that chocolate will melt into your sauce until honestly it works really well with this chili the dark chocolate so bring that up to the boil lower your heat to low and then you want to simmer this for around an hour and then you can come back and it should be looking something like this give give it a quick stir just to make sure it’s the way you like it if it’s still too watery or you think there’s too much liquid in there you can let this cook for as long as you like but this was just the way we like it the last thing I’m going to do is Stir through some fresh chopped parsley give that a good stir just to make sure it’s well incorporated into your chili and I’m going to give this another 15 to 20 minutes and then serve and this is what it looked like at the end and I was really chuffed with this and it’s smells crazy good as well you can also add chili powder into this as well if you’re one of the folk that like to use chili powder it’s entirely up to you and this was my basmati rice here which was ready just in the neck of time and doesn’t it look wonderful and I have posted this video recipe just before this one if you want to go and do the rice as well or if you’re watching this in the future if you just pop into the search bar what’s for tea basmati rice it will come up there for you I imagine there are a million in one basmati rice recipes on YouTube and it’s just so lovely and it goes with the chili so well because it’s got such a soft texture and it’s quite absorbent as well so I just popped the chili on top of the rice added some sour cream as well because there’s a we bit of a kick in this we don’t all love super spicy food I do but I am the only one in the house that does so a we bit of sour cream to bring down the heat a wee bit and this is it in a smaller Bowl just in case you want for a quick lunch let me tell you it’s absolutely delicious and well worth trying so thank you so much for watching and a huge thank you as usual to the supporters of the channel over on my patreon page and to the channel members here on YouTube as well for you all for watching and leaving your lovely comments and for those that share the videos as well it’s all very much appreciated and I will catch up with you during the week for another we video recipe back for our food shopping and bagging or back on Sunday for meals of the week but whenever you choose to join me again have a wonderful rest of your day bye for now

36 Comments

  1. I make an extremely milder version, in fact it is about time for me to make it again.

  2. I don't think I have ever seen a recipe for chili that didn't contain any chilies! 🌶️ 🤔 🤭

  3. We love chili! I use dark red kidney beans and throw in a can of beer. Gives it a nice twang. And over Spaghetti.

  4. Thanks Cheryl. Looks amazingly delicious 😋Please don't take the following comments as criticism, they're just by humble opinions/suggestions.

    Brown the mince and precook most of all the indigents as you suggest, I prefer adding fresh chopped chillies rather than chilli powder (amount to suit your spice tolerance), then use a mixture of half and half tinned tomatoes and passata (leaving out the tomato puree), then add a couple of beef stock cubes (not beef stock). Then throw into the slow cooker & cook for 3-4 hours on high, or longer on medium or much longer on low. Then it's a prep and ignore dish whilst you go about you're daily business. Obviously as I'm sure you know, make the chilli far less wet for the slow cooker, as it doesn't loose much moisture.
    Hope you like this suggestion and if you (or any of your viewers) try it, I'd love to hear feedback, good or bad.

    Thanks for sharing! Much ❤ 🙂😋😎

  5. Your chili looked wonderful. No one where i live apparently serves it with rice except me . I love it with rice. Im glad to find someone else who does it the same way. Also great on Fries (chips) with cheese. Thanks for another great video.

  6. I may be strange, but I love a cornbread muffin with my chili. I have never had it over rice. I'll have to give it a try.

  7. We do not use rice when serving chili, I guess it’s a British thing. What we have is sour cream, grated cheese, crusty bread cut thick and a great big salad.🇨🇦. Lovely on a cold evening.

  8. Chocolate in chili — very interesting. I had chicken mole in Mexico, it was delicious. I do use chili powder but not as many jalapenos. When I had my house I would grow jalapenos and freeze them for cooking.

  9. Really good apart from browning the meat. The idea is to get some Maillard colour onto the mince rather than just turning it a tawdry gray. You wouldn’t serve a steak like that, you’d put a crust on it! Turn the mince into one large burger & sear it hard on both sides THEN break it up. Take a look at George Motz and his smash burgers.

    Cooking off all the moisture BEFORE adding the liquids is simply bizarre.

    The sauce should undergo bhunning to give it depth and invoke Maillard.

    But, with better cooking, this is a really good recipe.

    The rice looked claggy, too much water used but not really a problem if you’re not too fussed about how it tastes & its texture.

  10. Thank you Cheryl, I love chili con carne and your recipe looks amazing, now I know how to make my own.

  11. I made this including some diced bell peppers, some decades ago. A Texan of my acquaintance upon trying it, drawled "That's naaace, but it ain't chili"! I'm pretty sure that Texans don't add beans to chili! I do, and I also add mushrooms and any other vegetable that takes my fancy.

  12. I do chilli con carne regularly but I have never added chocolate I will definitely be trying this recipe, THANKS Cheryl.

  13. Looks delicious Cheryl. Just the thing to warm you up on these chilly Spring days. I’m sure the sun will make an appearance soon! 😂

  14. Love your videos I created an account and subbed so I could ask where did you get that pot/lid? I'm desperate for one we don't have a dishwasher and washing bulky saucepans in my small sink sends me round the twist. Also I gave up doing proper rice until I saw your video! actually changed my life haha:) x

  15. The difference between tomato paste and puree is that the paste has a lot of the water taken out and is concentrated. Puree is just fully blended tomatoes. As an American, I would have used pureed tomatoes instead of the chopped ones, but that's just me.

  16. Good recipe. However , where I'm from chili con carne does not have beans. Personally I like beans in my chili which makes me an outcast in some circles.
    Your minuscule amount of jalapeño peppers s not good. I would have probably dropped 3 to 4 jalapeños in the pot .
    Gotta have a little kick

  17. this is good stuff.
    the chilli looks banging.

    I do the basmati a slightly different way.(indonesian way)
    1 cup of rice per person. rinse thoroughly to remove starch .use big pan and cover the rice to 1 inch depth.
    bring to the boil,simmer for 5 mins and then strain the rice, putting all residual fluid back in the original .
    put sieve on top of the pan,and put cover on. bring residual liquid back to the boil for 1 minute and then let rest 5 mins.
    the rice will steam and be perfectly fluffy with no co-agulation.
    The good way about doing this,is it won't overcook.keeps it's structure,and is good for doing chinese fried rice with the remainder.
    overcooked rice is just like mush for any follow-on dishes you might want to make…..you might get risotto at a push.

  18. Fabulous..I’ve been looking for a chilli recipe with proper ingredients…available in Scotland/uk.
    Great for camping too…🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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