OK, What's For Lunch or Tea Today? II

[Macca]

Cheese on toast, probably.

[Pigmy Pony]

Some sort of chilli for tea today which Anita is making from scratch. Weird smells coming from the kitchen.

[Barry]

Some sort of chilli for tea today which Anita is making from scratch. Weird smells coming from the kitchen.

I love chilli con carne - could live on it forever!

But I have to confess I use a sauce mix powder. I'm also a bit of a slob when it comes to the choice of rice: basmati, long grain, white, brown, I'm not fussy.

[Lawrence001]

Rice choice is strange, basmati somehow feels too delicate for a robust sauce like chilli con carne and yet it goes with a rogan josh. Is it just the psychological association with Indian food?

[Barry]

In a word - yes!

It's all about taste and you some extent what is to hand. To shock you some more, I have even eaten a C³ with pasta!

There are no hard and fast rules IMO when it comes to food. The only rule I have is there is absolutely no place for pineapple on a pizza. !!!!

[Alex_UK]

I like that Barry - C³! It's so easy to make from scratch, though, especially if you use Very Lazy Garlic and Very Lazy Red Chilies. Here's my recipe, everyone I have made it for has loved it:

1. Large red onion, finely chopped, fried in a little olive oil until soft and translucent in a large frying/saute pan.
2. Add 500g lean mince and brown, and break up to within an inch of its life (I hate clumpy mince in any meat based sauce.)
3. Add one can of chopped tomatoes. Fill the empty can about half full with (cheap!) red wine, to swill around and pour into the pan.
4. Add TWO drained cans of red kidney beans, and two tablespoons of tomato puree. (Most recipes say one can, but to me kidney beans is what makes a C³ - much tastier with two in my opinion.)
5. Add 3 teaspoons of Very Lazy Garlic, 3 of Very Lazy Red Chilies (reasonably mild - increase to your taste).
6. Crumble in a beef stock cube, and 1 teaspoon of paprika.

Mix well, and simmer for one hour, stirring every 5 minutes or so. If it starts to dry out, add more wine! (To the pan, optionally to yourself!)

I always make my own guacamole and sour cream and chive dip - both very easy too.

I always use Basmati rice, but I do cheat with this and use the microwave pouches.

Serve an enjoy, with more red wine!

[Alex_UK]

Oh, and another favourite in this house if there's any leftovers is C³ on a jacket potato.

[Pigmy Pony]

I have no idea what C cubed is (I don't know how to type a little 3 either), but it sounds interesting Oh and I agree about the pineapple, though I do quite like it with Carnation milk on.

Edit: I've just worked out what it is Anita "batch cooked" the chilli, so having some tomorrow on a jacket spud for lunch tomorrow is a goer Chillis, like curries I always like better the next day.

[Alex_UK]

I have no idea what C cubed is

Chili Con Carne - i.e. the first three letters are all "C" - so three cubed. Do you see what Barry did there - very clever!

[Alex_UK]

(I don't know how to type a little 3 either)

Neither did I - I just copied and pasted what Barry had done - and I hereby award Barry the Geek of The Day award!