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Chilli Con Carne Beef Meatballs & Black Rice
Spice up your life, with these grass-fed British beef meatballs in a hearty chilli con carne sauce. Packed with juicy tomatoes, garlic and courgettes. Spoon over black rice and sprinkle with fresh-cut coriander. Delish.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
5 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 200g passata (use half) (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 pepper (use half)
- 1 courgette (use half)
- 3 garlic clove
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 100g black rice (use half) (black rice (100%))
- 2 tbsp chilli con carne spice (use a quarter) (Paprika, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Garlic, Fenugreek, Oregano, Sea Salt)
- 140g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 1 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (use half) (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 617
Protein: 42g
Carbs: 54g
Fat: 25g
Ingredients
- 1 pepper
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 100g black rice (black rice (100%))
- 3 garlic clove
- 280g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 2 tbsp chilli con carne spice (use half) (Paprika, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Garlic, Fenugreek, Oregano, Sea Salt)
- 1 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
- 1 courgette
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 1 onion
Nutritional Information
Calories: 635
Protein: 43g
Carbs: 52g
Fat: 28g
Chilli Con Carne Beef Meatballs & Black Rice
Spice up your life, with these grass-fed British beef meatballs in a hearty chilli con carne sauce. Packed with juicy tomatoes, garlic and courgettes. Spoon over black rice and sprinkle with fresh-cut coriander. Delish.
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Cooking Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted hot water to a boil. Add the rice and boil for 30-35 mins, until cooked, then drain. Return to the pan and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine the beef with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Mix and form into 8 meatballs (4 for 1 person). Heat a medium frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium heat. Add the meatballs and cook for 5-7 mins, turning frequently, until golden brown all over. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Meanwhile, finely chop or crush the garlic. Dice the onion, courgette and pepper into 1cm cubes. Roughly chop the coriander. Halve the tomatoes.
- Reheat the meatball pan to medium-high heat, then add the onion, garlic, pepper and courgette. Cook for 6-8 mins, until the veg softens, then add the tomatoes and the half pack of spice mix. Cook for 3 mins. Transfer a large spoonful of vegetables into a small bowl and set aside for later.
- Add the vinegar, passata and 200ml hot water (100ml for 1 person) to the remaining vegetables in the pan. Crumble in the stock cube and stir. Simmer for 3 mins. Return the meatballs to the pan. Simmer for a final 5-8 mins, until the meatballs are cooked through and the sauce thickens. Stir in half the coriander and season with sea salt and black pepper (to taste).
- Stir the reserved vegetables into the cooked rice, then serve with the meatball chilli. Garnish with the remaining coriander.
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