Spicy Chili With Beans

This is the last recipe I made for the recipe swap on recipezaar, I am not a big fan of chili, My hubby adores a good chili. He said this what quite good, he says he has had better, but still gave this 4 out of 5, it was also for me really easy to make with no effort which I love. If you want to see other recipes by this chef click here.

Ingredients

2lbs Mince meat
2 (10 1/4 ounce) Cans chili beans
2 (10 1/4 ounce) Cans corn, drained
2 Tablespoons chili powder (I added more)
2 Teaspoons pepper
1 Teaspoon salt (optional)
2 (10 1/4 ounce) Cans Rotel tomatoes
1/4-1/2 Cup minced onions (I just finely chopped 1 onion.)
2 Teaspoons minced garlic
1 (10 1/4 ounce) Can tomato soup


Method


1. Cook onion and garlic until soft, add mince meat, and brown.

2. Add the rest of the ingredients.

3. If you like it more saucy, add a can-or-two-full of water.

4. Simmer on stove until hot/boiling, I simmered about 30 min's to make sure the meat was cooked through and to allow the flavours to caome through.

5. You can also cook this in a crock pot on low for up to 10 hours.


To Serve: Place chili in a bowl, top with sour cream and sprinkle some fresh chopped chives over.

Oriental Minced Pork in Lettuce leaves

This is a very tasty, quick and easy recipe to throw together. I serve it in iceberg lettuce leaves as a great low carb meal, but if prefer carbs it is great served with noodles.

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon sesame oil
1 Medium brown onion, finely chopped
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
350g Pork mince
300g Veal mince
50ml Soy sauce (low sodium works best with this but regular is fine)
1/4 Cup oyster sauce
1/4 Cup hoisin sauce
1 Red capsicum, finely chopped
300g Bean sprouts
4 Green onions sliced
1 Tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
8 Large iceberg lettuce leaves


Method

1. Heat oil in a pan or wok, stir-fry onion and garlic until onion is soft, add both minces and stir-fry until cooked through.

2. Add capsicum and sauces, reduce to a simmer, cook uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 4-5 Min's.

3. Add sprouts and cook until they soften slightly but are still crunchy, stir in green onions and seeds.

4. Divide lettuce leaves among plates and spoon pork mixture into leaves.

Tip: After removing outer dead leaves, cut the end off lettuce and hold under cold running water, the leaves will fall off one by one, intact.

Serves 4

All photo's taken by me unless otherwise stated.