Baked Bean Chilli Con Carne - 259cal p/s

xCherryKx

Full Member

• 20 November 2010

• #1

Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 35 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Fat per serving: 8.1g
Calories per serving: 259 kcal
Suitable for vegetarians: No
Contains nuts: No
Suitable for freezing: Yes

Ingredients
1 large onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
450g extra lean minced beef
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
1 beef stock cube
1 small red chilli, sliced
1 red pepper, seeded and finely sliced
1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
1 x 400g can baked beans
1 tbsp tomato purée
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Fresh parsley, to garnish

Method
1. Heat a non-stick frying pan, add the onion and garlic and dry-fry until soft.
2. Add the mince and thyme, and continue cooking to brown the meat.
3. Crumble the stock cube over the mince and add the chilli, red pepper, tomatoes, beans, passata and tomato purée. Simmer for 25 minutes until the sauce has thickened and the beef is tender.
4. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with boiled basmati rice.

 

Last edited: 20 November 2010

heidiloobylou

Member

• 21 March 2011

• #2

hello new to RC, thought the foods had to be less than 5% fat? is it diff in recipes then to be higher fat per 100g?thanks

 

rebecca1608

Full Member

• 21 March 2011

• #3

the fat content mentioned is per serving, not per 100g, so looking at all the ingredients the weight of the meal is a lot more that 100g, so will be under 5%.

 

heidiloobylou

Member

• 21 March 2011

• #4

ahh i see. but what about as in general, you go by the 5% rule per 100g, cheese is higher than that, so is it then used as treat?say i wanted cheese on a potato or in pasta,sorry to sound thick, just this all new to me.

 

SlimmingKitchen

Gold Member

• 17 June 2011

• #5

homemade meatballs with spaghetti

quick & easy to make

ingredients:
106g extra lean mince (38 calories)
210g passata (61 calories)
1 onion (29 calories)
104g of dried spaghetti (364 calories) 2 x rosemary conley spaghetti hole on the green portion pot
1 beef oxo
a sprinkle of dry mixed herbs

total calories: 492 calories

method:
Cut onion into small diced pieces, mix together with the mince & combine it all into meatballs. It made me 3 balls.
Then grill for 10 minutes, turning occasionally.

Cook the passata with the beef oxo & herbs in a pan on a low light. Once meatballs are cooked add them to the pan of passata.

Cook the spaghetti & serve with the meatballs.