Saturday, November 8, 2008

Vegetable Chili

Ingredients
1 Vegetable stock Cube
1 Sachet Chilli Sauce Mix
1 400g Can Mixed Beans
1 400g Can Chopped Tomatoes
1 400g Can Kidney Beans
1 130g Can Sweetcorn
150ml Strong Black Coffee
1 Large Onion
1 Pepper (any colour you want)
250g Rice (just not pudding rice)
A Splash of Olive Oil

Equipment
A Wok or Large Frying Pan
1 Large Pan
1 Wooden or Plastic Spatula
1 Wooden or Plastic Serving Spoon
1 SHARP Knife
A Chopping Board (Acrylic or Wood, Glass blunts your blades very quickly!!)

The Good Bit
  1. Start by warming your dash of oil in the wok/frying pan, don't worry about how much you put in just give it a good drizzle just take into account your not deep frying chips!
  2. Whilst your oil is warming, its prep time. Peel and cut your onion and pepper into small chunks. Open your cans and drain the kidney beans and sweetcorn. 2/3rds fill your large pan with water and add a sprinkle of salt and bring to the boil.
  3. Now your oil is warm (if it's smoking turn it down a little) put your onions and pepper in until they feel soft and the onions look to have gone clearer, about 5 minutes
  4. Add your cans of mixed beans and kidney beans, you should now add the stock cube and stir in well.
  5. Add your chilli sauce mix and coffee and stir in well then add the tomatoes and sweetcorn, stir and leave to simmer.
  6. The water in your other pan should now be boiling so add the rice and stir with the spoon, cook the rice to packet instructions, usually 10-15 minutes.
  7. Have a kettle of boiled water ready for when your rice is done, once the rice is done (you can taste a small amount to see if it is soft (done) or a little crunchy (needs a Little longer) put it in a colander and wash with the boiled water.
  8. Serve the rice in a ring and heap the chilli in the centre and how about a dollop of soured cream at the side of the plate sprinkled with chilli powder or cayenne pepper for when you are entertaining
Serves 4.