Texas Ground Beef Chili
The dish is made with beef, chili, and spices. It is a thick and meaty stew that is perfect for any cold evening.
Equipment
- 1 large pot or frypan a lid helps if you have one
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 4 garlic cloves crushed, minced, finely grated
- 1 ea onion, diced brown, yellow, white
- 1 ea capsicum diced (bell pepper) diced
- 500 grams (1.10 pounds) beef mince (ground beef)
- 700 grams tomato passata sauce (tomato puree, tomato sauce in the USA)
- 50 gram sachet (1.7 ounces) tomato paste (concentrated tomato)
- 2 tbsp beef stock powder (low sodium if possible)
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups water
- 0-1 tsp salt (if required)
Spices
- 0-2 tsp cayenne powder (see note 1)
- 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tbsp paprika
- 1 ½ tbsp cumin
- 3 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- ½ tsp pepper
For Serving
- rice
- sour cream
- shredded cheese
Instructions
- In a large pot or frypan, add oil and heat it medium-high. Add onion, garlic, capsicum and cook, stirring for about 3-4 minutes. Add ground beef, breaking up the beef with your spoon into small pieces. Cook until you see some browning on the beef (approximately 3-4 minutes).
- Turn heat to medium. Add all spices (except salt), water, passata, beef stock, brown sugar and tomato paste and stir well to combined. If the pot or frypan has a lid, partially cover, and let simmer for 30 mins, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent it sticking on the bottom.
- Once simmered for 30 mins, check thickness of chili. You want the water to have evaporated and to be left with a nice thick stew (not too thick though, you want some moistness). Once you have decided the chili is the right thickness for you, taste it and add salt if needed. I added 1/2 tsp.
- Serve over rice, sprinkled with cheese, sour cream and coriander if you desire.
Notes
NOTE 1 - Use cayenne as you see fit. For young children, omit the cayenne. For older children use 1/2 a teaspoon. For our Adult household I use 1 teaspoon, which is a bit spicy but not too overpowering. For spicy lovers, add 2 teaspoons.
NOTE 2 - Time saving hack, and for those of you looking to hide vegetables in your dishes. Add garlic, onion, capsicum (all rough diced) and the water into a blender or thermomix, blend until small chunks or until smooth. Add this to the browned ground beef and continue as normal from there. I like to do this when I'm wanting a nice smooth chili.