A delicious chilli recipe with a mexican twist - spicy chorizo and bean, with feta and spring onions for toppings, served with rice. A great meal to make where you can cook once, and eat twice, using dinner as leftovers for lunch the next day. To make this recipe vegetarian, and also to reduce fat content, then you can remove the chorizo. This recipe makes 4 portions.
Ingredients:
2 red onions
2 bell peppers
2 garlic cloves / lazy garlic / frozen diced garlic
180g chorizo
2 tins chopped tomatoes
2 tins mixed beans
2 spring onions
50g feta cheese
1 vegetable stock pot
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp chipotle chilli paste (skip if you don't want it too spicy)
120g of rice (I would recommend brown rice for the healthier option) - or if you want the easier option, then you need 1-2 microwave packet rice (1 whole packet is sometimes too much for me, but may be the right portion size for you).
Method:
If you are cooking your rice, then the first step is to get the rice cooking - follow packet instructions.
Food preparations: dice red onions, cut chorizo into small pieces, chop the peppers, slice the spring onions and crumble the feta into smaller pieces. Drain and rinse the mixed beans in a sieve.
Heat some olive oil in a large pan. Once hot, add the onion, peppers and chorizo and cook for around 4-5 minutes on medium heat.
Once the peppers and onion have softened, add the smoked paprika, tomato puree and chipotle chilli paste and cook for a further 1-2 minutes. Remember, add less or no chilli if you don't like spice.
Add the vegetable stock pot and stir well.
Add the chopped tomatoes and mixed beans then stir. Lower the heat and simmer the mixture for 8-10 minutes to allow it to thicken. You will need to stir occasionally. If you are using microwave rice, then this would be a good time to start preparing and heating up the rice as per packet instructions.
Serve up with some rice and chilli, and scatter over some spring onions and feta cheese.
If you're looking for a rice cooker, I've been using the Lakeland 2 portion rice cooker and it is the perfect size to cook 2 portions, costs just over £30.
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