Everyday Chilli
Spice up Basic Bolognese with storecupboard ingredients for a veg-inclusive Everyday Chilli. Just add rice for a complete meal.
Servings: 4 generous servings
Ingredients
- 1 quantity Basic Bolognese for 4 people
- 1 teaspoon hot chilli powder, use more if you like very hot food (5ml)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (2.5ml)
- 10 g plain chocolate - the darker the better
- 1 tablespoon 15ml chutney rounded tablespoon (30ml). I use Branston Pickle or a sweet mango chutney like Geeta's
- 1 tin kidney beans (400g)
Instructions
Preparation:
- Defrost the Basic Bolognese if you haven't already
- Drain the kidney beans into a colander or sieve and rinse thoroughly with cold water
- Break or chop the chocolate into 6-8 pieces
- If you're cooking rice, start that now
For the Chilli:
- Put the Bolognese sauce, chilli powder, and cinnamon into a saucepan on a medium heat, stirring occasionally
- When the sauce is bubbling, continue to stir so that it is thoroughly heated. If in doubt keep it bubbling for 5 minutesThe sauce will be 'piping hot'
- Turn the heat to low
- Stir in the chutney. Add the chocolate and stir well. You don't want the sauce to be boiling (bubbling) fast at this point or the chocolate will grain
- Stir in the kidney beans carefully so that they don't break up. Bring the sauce back to bubbling. Then it's done
- Serve with rice.
Notes
Everyday Cooks tip:
- Make the Everyday Chilli sauce with a batch of Basic Bolognese before you freeze it. Just microwave to piping hot to serve.