Beef Chilli Bean Soup
If you love the flavours of a beef nachos, but don’t want the calories, try this tasty alternative, it’s light and full of flavour.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 150 grams red onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed and finely chopped
- 2-3 small red chilli finely sliced
- 2½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 20 grams fresh coriander finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder
- 500 grams lean minced beef
- 200 grams red capsicum seeded and finely diced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 x 400 gram canned diced tomato
- 400 grams fresh tomatoes roughly chopped
- 2 x 400 grams canned red kidney beans drained and rinsed
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 litres water
- Beef or chicken stock powder to taste (optional)
- Salt to adjust the seasoning
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, add the oil and heat over a medium/high heat, add the onion and garlic and fry until the onions are soft and start to change colour.
- Add sliced chilli, ground cumin, ground coriander, chopped fresh coriander, chilli powder, paprika powder. Mix well with the onion and garlic and fry on medium heat for a minute.Tip: If you find the mixture is too dry and might burn, turn down the heat and add a splash of water to the pot.
- Turn up the heat, then add the beef mince. Cook until the meat turns from a pinkish red to a brown colour (this will take about 5 minutes). As you are browning the meat, break it up with your wooden spoon (you don’t want any big lumps of meat).
- Turn down the heat a little and add capsicum. Cook until softened (this will take about 5 minutes). As it’s cooking give it a stir every now and again.
- Add the tomato paste, stir well into the mixture.
- Add the diced canned tomatoes, rough chopped fresh tomatoes, red kidney beans, Worcestershire sauce, 1 litres water, your choice of beef or chicken stock powder to taste.Bring to the boil, reduce heat, simmer with lid off, for about 20 – 25 minutes or until the flavours have developed, and the soup is slightly reduced.
- Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary.
Notes
Serving Suggestion:
Serve with sour cream, fresh coriander, crushed corn chips, grated cheese and a squeeze of lime juice.