Cheat's Chilli Recipe

Name: Cheat's Chilli Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. vegetable oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 500 g lean beef mince; 2 x 226g jars mild salsa, we used Old El Paso; 400 g tin kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 2 tbsp. tomato purée; 1/2 198g tin sweetcorn; Large handful fresh coriander, optional

The cheat: Using a ready-made salsa cuts out the need for lots of different sauces and jars.

By The GH Kitchen TeamUpdated: 12 January 2020

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Steve Baxter

This Chilli couldn't be easier or quicker to make! It is sure to become a midweek favourite. Instead of using lots of different spices, such as chilli powder, cumin and paprika, we have used a shop bought salsa. That way, this dish is sure to be packed full of flavour without having to buy a wide variety of ingredients. A shop bought salsa also means that you don't have to spend a long time reducing a tin of tomatoes, as the intense tomato flavour is ready straight away!

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Yields:

6 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

12 mins

Total Time:

22 mins

Cal/Serv:

416

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 onion, finely chopped
500 g lean beef mince
2 x 226g jars mild salsa, we used Old El Paso
400 g tin kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 Tbsp. tomato purée
1/2 198g tin sweetcorn
Large handful fresh coriander, optional

Directions

1. Step 1
  Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and mince and fry, breaking up the mince with a wooden spoon, for 10min until the beef is well browned.
2. Step 2
  Stir in the salsa, kidney beans, tomato purée and sweetcorn, and bring to the boil. Stir through the coriander, if using, then season to taste. Serve with boiled rice (or quick-cook microwave rice, if you want to save more time), corn tortillas or jacket potatoes.

Per Serving:

Calories: 416
Fibre: 6g
Total carbs: 34g
Sugars: 19g
Total fat: 16g
Saturated fat: 6g
Protein: 36g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time