Chilli is immensely satisfying and so incredibly versatile. You can serve it with rice, in a lasagna or on nachos. Serving it on nachos is definitely one of my favorite ways to serve it, with big dollops of guacamole, salsa and with cheese.
Beans Chilli
olive oil
1⁄4 tsp salt
1⁄4 tsp black pepper
2 red onions
2 fresh red chillies
1/2 cup fresh coriander
1 celery stick
1 red pepper
1 tbsp tomato purée
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 tin black beans
1 tin kidney beans
11⁄2 tsp maple syrup
10g dark chocolate
Spice Mix
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp smoked paprika
1⁄2 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp dried oregano
1⁄2 tsp salt
1⁄2 tsp black pepper
1 bay leaf
Nachos
2 x 200g bags tortilla chips
1 x 200g jar jalapeño chillies
50g cheese
1 x portion Ultimate Chilli
1 x portion Guacamole
1 x portion Salsa
handful fresh coriander leaves
Method
Finely chop the red onions, chillies. Remove the leaves from the coriander and set aside Finely chop the stalks. Cut the celery and pepper into very small pieces
Add a little oil to the large saucepan. Once it is hot, add the chopped onions, the finely chopped coriander stalks and the chillies and cook gently for 5–10 minutes, making sure you stir constantly. Add the chopped celery and red pepper to the pan and stir
Add all the spice mix ingredients to the pan and stir so that the spices are well mixed and coat all the vegetables. Add the tomato purée, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar into the pan and 1/2 cup water turn up the heat to high. Stir constantly until the liquid has reduced by two-thirds. Add the chopped tomatoes into the pan, stir into the chilli and simmer for 5 minutes, until the sauce is noticeably thicker
Drain the black beans and kidney beans and add them to the pan along with the maple syrup, dark chocolate .Stir everything together really well and then reduce the heat to a simmer stirring occasionally until it’s reduced to the right thickness at least 10 minutes
Now remove the bay leaf . Stir the coriander leaves into the chilli and serve
Nachos
Add the tortilla chips into the ovenproof dish so that they cover the bottom. Slice the jalapeños and scatter them over the nachos. Add the grated cheese Cover with the Beans Chilli
Put the dish in the oven and bake until the tortilla chips have started to brown and the chilli is heated through, about 10–15 minutes. Take the dish out of the oven
Add guacamole and salsa over the top. Chop up the coriander leaves and scatter them over the nachos
Enjoy!
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