Homemade Classic Chilli Con Carne Recipe: Healthy and Spicy Food

Chili Con Carne is among the most famous dishes in America. This dish is a hearty stew, made from minced meat, kidney beans, chili peppers, spices and is well-known as a cold-weather dish or topping for hot dogs and nachos which all love most. Today i am going to share you the easy and short homemade Chilli Con Carne recipe step by step. Here we go..

Required Ingredients for Chilli Con Carne

• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 ½ pounds lean ground beef
• ⅔ cup red wine
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 (16 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes, chopped, juice reserved
• 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 2 ½ teaspoons dried basil
• 2 ½ teaspoons chili powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
• 12 drops hot pepper sauce (e.g., Tabasco™)
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons corn meal
• ½ cup water

How to make Chilli Con Carne at home? Step By Step:

1. Firstly heat the oil whatever you liked, in a large saucepan with medium heat. You can add the green pepper and onion aftere the oil is heat and then cook and stir until it seems soft.
2. Now add the ground beef and cook it until it became brown color.
3. After that, add some wine and break into bouillon cubes, heat for several minutes.
4. Add chopped tomatoes, garlic, and tomato paste. They are then seasoned with parsley, basil, chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, and oregano with mixing salt and pepper as well.
5. Let it boil over high temperature, after that it’s cool down using low heat and after which cover and let it cook for 90 minutes and keep stirring.

1. To increase the flavour, enrich the stew with kidney beans and hot pepper sauce. Then,  add the remaining tomato juice if there is a need for more liquid then continue simmering for another thirty minutes.
2. You whisk everything together until mixture is fine. Pour the mix into chili sauce then let it slow cook for about ten more minutes or until gravy turns thick.

If you want to serve it as a topping for hot dogs or nachos, you can let it cool before refrigerating it.