Black bean chilli
Cooking time
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 30 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4 - 6This chilli is great for casual entertaining - just lay everything out and let people add their own toppings
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition
- kcalories
- 339
- protein
- 17g
- carbs
- 50g
- fat
- 10g
- saturates
- 1g
- fibre
- 8g
- sugar
- 20g
- salt
- 1.45g
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 3 tbsp sweet pimenton (Spanish paprika ) or mild chilli powder
- 3 tbsp ground cumin
- 3 tbsp cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 x 400g (2 x 14oz) cans chopped tomatoes
- 2 x 400g (2 x 14oz) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
- a few, or one, of the following to serve: crumbled feta cheese, chopped spring onions, sliced radishes, avocado chunks, soured cream
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Method
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil and fry the garlic and onions for 5 mins until almost softened. Add the pimenton and cumin, cook for a few mins, then add the vinegar, sugar, tomatoes and some seasoning. Cook for 10 mins.
- Pour in the beans and cook for another 10 mins. Serve with rice and the accompaniments of your choice in small bowls.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2010
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
I have made this recipe time and time again. it has been requested on a number of occasions ny my friends. I found that there are 2 types of pimenton. One is very hot so I only use 1 tablespoon if I use that. The sweet pimenton makes it a bit sweet for us, so prefer the hotter version. I have made it for school events as it is easy to make for large numbers especially if you use tinned fried onions ( think it is called easy onion).
Really good - I've made this loads of times, with a few amendments - a veggie stock cube, a couple of chopped peppers (added a stage 1), half and half chilli powder and paprika, and whatever beans are in the cupboard. Even nicer reheated, so I always make a double batch, especially as it freezes so well. Lovely served with rice, tortillas, baked potatoes or quinoa (or even chips!).
Trawled thru all the comments as 3 tbsp of cumin seemed an awful lot to me. Based on the majority of comments went ahead as recipe stated (used paprika.) Should have stuck with my instincts. Cumin was the totally overpowering taste and no there was no real chilli kick. To save the dish I did half the recipe again, WITHOUT cumin and added a teaspoon of hot chilli powder instead of paprika. Added this to the original chilli, and although slightly improved, still too much cumin. I'd do it again but maybe just 3 teaspoons of cumin.
Healthy, cheap, easy and seriously tasty. I used tablespoons for the spices, as in the recipe, and it was perfect for me - 3tbsp ground cumin, 2tbsp smoked pimenton dulce, and 1tbsp pimenton picante, plus I flaked a whole dried cayenne pepper into it. Those with an aversion for strong flavours might want to taper it down from the original recipe. Substituted cider vinegar for white wine, and brown sugar for white, and used dried beans instead of canned (soaked and cooked first). Worked a treat.
I was a little surprised by the quantities suggested ; 3 tbsp, ie tablespoons of chilli powder - however mild, the same with cumin, would make this totally inedible, surely it should read tsps, ie teaspoons ! Are proof readers so expensive these days? Also, feta cheese does not comply with vegan, maybe this addition was meant for vegetarians.
