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Easy Beef Chilli with Mini Jacket Potatoes
Stick to the classics with this filling chilli, packed with juicy British beef mince and creamy kidney beans. Add sweetcorn and peppers to up the veg. Served alongside? Mini jacket potatoes, filled with silky smooth almond yoghurt and freshly cut chives.
Prep in 10
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
9 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh chives
- 800g baby potatoes
- 390g chopped tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid))
- 2 tbsp chilli con carne spice (Paprika, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Garlic, Fenugreek, Oregano, Sea Salt)
- 1 onion
- 500g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 240g mixed beans (drained) (Chickpeas, Brown borlotti beans, Red kidney beans, White cannellini beans, Water.)
- 1 tsp garlic (dried)
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 2 pepper
- 11g beef stock powder (Rice flour, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Potato Starch, Onion Powder, Flavouring, Salt, Tomato Powder, Carrot Powder, Ground Black Pepper.)
- 80g sliced kale
- 160g almond yoghurt (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 631
Protein: 38g
Carbs: 60g
Fat: 25g
Easy Beef Chilli with Mini Jacket Potatoes
Stick to the classics with this filling chilli, packed with juicy British beef mince and creamy kidney beans. Add sweetcorn and peppers to up the veg. Served alongside? Mini jacket potatoes, filled with silky smooth almond yoghurt and freshly cut chives.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas 9 / air fryer 190C
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper
- Pull out a large lidded saucepan or casserole dish & a sieve
Make the mini jacket potatoes
- Place the potatoes onto a lined baking tray and toss with 1 tbsp oil, a pinch of salt and pepper
- Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins / air fryer 25-30 mins, until soft and golden brown
Build the dish
- Meanwhile, roughly dice the onion. Thinly slice the peppers
- Heat a large saucepan or casserole dish with 1 tbsp oil on high heat. Once hot, add the beef, peppers and onion and cook for 5 mins, breaking up the beef with a wooden spoon, until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper
Get your simmer on
- Drain and rinse the beans and sweetcorn
- Add the dried garlic and spice mix to the pan, cook for 1 min, then add the beans, sweetcorn, chopped tomatoes and 75ml hot water
- Add the stock and then bring to a boil. Cover with a lid and bake for 15-20 mins, until thickened
Last bits
- Finely chop the chives. Pick any woody stalks from the kale
- After 15-20 mins of baking, remove the dish from the oven
- Stir in the kale and cook for 3-4 mins, until wilted. Season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Serve the chilli alongside the jacket potatoes
- Top the potatoes with the yoghurt and chives
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