Healthy Chilli Con Carne - lighter
A delicious lighter Chilli con carne - fresh and packed with veggies!!
Servings 4
Calories 449kcal
Ingredients
- 500 g Minced steak - lean <5% fat
- 1 Red Onion roughly chopped
- 2 Tablespoons Tomato Puree
- 1 Beef Stock Cube
- 1 Small ish Red Chilli, trimmed, deseeded and finely chopped
- 2 Carrots peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 Leek trimmed & sliced
- Punnet Button Mushrooms halved
- Punnet Cherry Tomatoes halved
- 1/2 pt Water
- Small Tin Sweetcorn drainded Small
- Tin Red Kidney Beans rinsed
- Salt & Black Pepper to taste
- Sprinkling of grated Cheddar to Baby Bell Healthy A
- Fresh herbs to top if you like
Instructions
- In a large pan fry off the minced steak together with the onion (no oil required)
- Once the mince is browned, approx. 10 minutes add the stock cube, tomato puree and chopped chilli, fry for a further 5-10 minutes, stirring
- Then add the leeks, carrots, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms, stir to combine.
- Finally add the water, stir & bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until veg is soft
- Add Kidney beans and sweetcorn, stir and heat through.
- Have a taste and if necessary season with Salt & Black Pepper
- Serve with rice or jacket potato Dig in and enjoy!
Notes
*** All Nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide
Nutrition
Calories: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 446mg | Potassium: 1417mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5983IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 169mg | Iron: 7mg