Black bean and beef chilli

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1. Put the soaked beans in a pan with cold water to cover, bring to a fast boil and cook for 30 minutes. Drain and rinse.
2. Heat a large casserole and fry the beef in batches with a little oil until browned all over. Scoop out then add the onions and cook on a fairly high heat until soft, golden and almost caramelised. Add the garlic, pepper, chilli and cumin and cook for 2 minutes. Tip the beef back in with the tomatoes, stock, beans and cinnamon. Bring to the boil then simmer gently for about 2-2 1/ 2 hours until the beef and beans are both very tender.
3. Serve in bowls with a dollop of soured cream and some soft flour tortillas.

Know-how

'Braising beef' is often made up of several different cuts. A piece of chuck steak from the butchers is a decent braising meat. Turtle beans are commonly used in Mexican cooking, get them from health food shops, greengrocers and larger supermarkets or use a tin of kidney beans to speed things up and add them in the last hour of cooking.

Per serving

393 kcalories, protein 40.5g, carbohydrate 33.7g, fat 11.7 g, saturated fat 3.4g, fibre 9.5g, salt 0.65 g

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• Debs

  11 January 2008

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  We loved this as an alternative to using minced beef for a chilli. Made using a tin of kidney beans instead of soaking dried beans - made things a lot easier. Also added some hot pepper sauce as we like our chilli with a bit of bite.

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  Really tasty - will definately make again. I only put 2 chillis in though.

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  29 June 2008

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  I wonder if this will work with pre-cooked turtle beans? As I've just pressure cooked a load!!

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Ingredients

• 150g dried black turtle beans or black kidney beans, soaked overnight
• 500g chuck steak , cut into chunks and trimmed of fat
• oil
• 2 large onions , halved and sliced
• 4 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1 green pepper , cut into chunks
• 3-4 large red chillies , chopped
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds , toasted and ground
• 2 x 400g tins plum tomato
• beef stock fresh, cube or concentrate, made up to 250ml
• 1 cinnamon stick
• soured cream to serve
• flour tortilla to serve

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Serves 4

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Ingredients

• 150g dried black turtle beans or black kidney beans, soaked overnight
• 500g chuck steak , cut into chunks and trimmed of fat
• oil
• 2 large onions , halved and sliced
• 4 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1 green pepper , cut into chunks
• 3-4 large red chillies , chopped
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds , toasted and ground
• 2 x 400g tins plum tomato
• beef stock fresh, cube or concentrate, made up to 250ml
• 1 cinnamon stick
• soured cream to serve
• flour tortilla to serve

Per serving

393 kcalories, protein 40.5g, carbohydrate 33.7g, fat 11.7 g, saturated fat 3.4g, fibre 9.5g, salt 0.65 g

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