Gordon Ramsay challenged a number of celebrities to cook their favourite dishes in series 3 of the F Word. This recipe is Gordon’s chilli con carne in a cook-off with Sara Cox.
Step-by-step video here.
Ingredients
- 1 large onion or 2 banana shallots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli deseeded or keep half with seeds if you like it spicy
- 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked and roughly chopped
- Olive oil, for frying
- 500g good quality beef mince
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 3 fresh tomatoes or 1 beef tomato, roughly chopped
- 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 100-200ml chicken or beef stock
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 400g kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- Salt and pepper
- Handful of chives, chopped
- 200ml soured cream
- Boiled rice, to serve
Method
- Sweat the onion, garlic, chilli and thyme in 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan
- At the same time, brown the mince in a separate pan over moderate heat in a little oil.
- Add the dried spices to the onion mixture and cook until they release their aroma. Then stir in the beef and mix well.
- Add the fresh and tinned tomatoes and leave to cook down a little for about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the chicken or beef stock and stir in tomato puree to taste. Drop the cinnamon and bay leaf in then bring to the boil and leave to simmer.
- Once the sauce is beginning to thicken add the kidney beans and leave to cook for another 5-10 minutes to allow the beans to soak up the flavours. Check for seasoning.
- Mix the chives and soured cream together. To serve, spoon the chilli into the centre of a mound of rice, with the soured cream and chives in a separate bowl on the side