Braised Beef Chilli

Name: Braised Beef Chilli
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2.2 lb beef; 3 onions; 4 cloves garlic; Dash olive oil; 11 oz chorizo; 2 tsp cumin; 2 tsp allspice; 1 tsp cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 bay leaves; 2 tsp oregano; 2 ancho chillies; 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 plum tomatoes; 2 tbsp tomato ketchup; 2 tbsp dark brown sugar; 2 borlotti beans

A weekend Mexican dinner. Ready in about 2 hours 25 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

50 minPrep (about)
1 hr 35 minCook (about)
2 hr 25 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

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Main ingredient

2.8 lb beef Shopping tip: Ground beef (80/20 or 85/15).

Fresh & other

4 onions
5 cloves garlic
13 oz chorizo
1 ¼ tsp cloves
3 ancho chillies
3 plum tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned whole plum tomatoes, or fresh Roma tomatoes.
2 ½ tbsp dark brown sugar
3 borlotti beans

Sauces & oils

Dash olive oil
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 ½ tbsp tomato ketchup

Spices & seasonings (5): cumin, allspice, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, oregano

2 ½ tsp cumin
2 ½ tsp allspice
1 cinnamon stick
4 bay leaves
2 ½ tsp oregano Shopping tip: Dried is fine.

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Turn the oven on to 225°F.
Take your meat out of your fridge to de-chill.
Pulse your onions and garlic in a food processor till finely chopped.
Heat 2 ½ tbsp olive oil in a big casserole.
Sear the meat on every side until golden.
Set to one side.
Add another little slug of oil to brown the chorizo.
Remove.
Add the onion and chillies, herbs, spices and garlic then heat until soft in the chorizo oil.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add the vinegar, tomatoes, ketchup and sugar.
Put all the meat back in the pot with 1 ⅔ cups + 1 tsp water.
Bring up to a simmer.
Cook, covered, in the low oven.
After 2 hours, check the meat.
Add the beans.
Cook for a further hour and before serving, pull your meat apart with a pair of forks.