This recipe is my husband's speciality. It is delicious and easy, but will need between 2 and 4 hours. The longer it simmers - the better. This serves 6 with rice or 4 without rice.
Ingredients:
- 500g lean mince beef (I used heart-smart)
- 2 potatoes, cut into 1cm cubes
- 400g tin of mixed beans (like 3 bean mix or 4 bean mix) - don't discard the juice
- 400g tin of kidney beans (don't discard the juice)
- 2 x 400g tins diced tomatoes
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 1 cup water
- Chilli to taste. It doesn't matter whether you used chilli powder, minced chilli, chilli flakes or fresh chilli - just add as much as you want for a spicy 'kick'.
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
- 1 tablespoon good quality olive oil
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- Salt & pepper
- Fresh basil to garnish
Method:
- In a large pan, heat the oil, add onion and cook until clear
- Add the mince, garlic, chilli, salt & pepper, break up and stir. If the mince is lean enough - it should not produce extra oil. However if you haven't used lean mince - scoop out the extra oil and discard it
- Once the mince is brown, add the beans (with the juice), potatoes, tomatoes, water, soy sauce and stir well
- Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer
- It's best if you leave it long enough to break down the beans which requires about 4hrs, however it's so yummy and often too hard to wait the required 4hrs. We've eaten it after 2hrs
- Serve in bowls with or without rice and garnish with torn basil leaves
D-E-L-icious XD
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