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Chilli con Carne – Low-calorie recipe for only 657 calories
Great, tasty dinner idea for dieting.
No restriction, good food only. Quick and easy to prepare, no messing around.
(Serves 5 people )
Ingredients:
250 g White long grain rice (800 calories)
2 Medium onions (40 calories)
500 g Mince beef 5% (840 calories)
1 Chilli con Carne flavour mix sachet (163 calories)
400 g Chopped tomatoes (94 calories)
400 g Kidney beans (356 calories)
120 g Light grated medium cheddar cheese (336 calories)
Directions:
The rice
1
I like easy, so in this recipe, I have used boil in the bag, easy to cook long grain rice.
Alternatively choose to mix 1 bag of white and 1 bag of brown rice to add some fibres to your meal. Also, don’t forget to adjust the cooking time as brown rice cooks for longer than white rice.
Pop 2 sachets of rice in boiling water, and they are ready in about 20 mins.
In the meantime, you can get the sauce ready
The sauce
2
Start with dicing the onions, and cook them on low heat. Add a few sprays of fry light oil, and if needed add a little amount of water to avoid sticking and burning the onions.
3
Next, add the minced beef and gently cook until you see no more pink area in the meat.
4
At this stage, I add the flavour sachet and carefully coat the meat with it. I have used Colman’s full of flavour chilli con Carne. They have a hot and mild version for you to pick.
Ready-mix sachet, means you don’t have to mess with the spices and herbs yourself. Its all perfectly balance for a constant Mexican experience and it makes cooking so easy.
5
Once the meat is fully coated, don’t delay. Add the chopped tomatoes.
Now let it simmer for a bit.
Time for the tomatoes to melt in and create a smooth and unctuous sauce
6
Is your rice ready to drain? Perfect, it means it’s now time to add the kidney beans and cheese, stir a little and then drain the rice.
7
You might set the cheese aside if you prefer to add it later directly onto your plate.
Dishing your plate
8
Add the rice first and spoon the chilli sauce on top. Optionally why not add a few leaves of chopped coriander?
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