LIGHTER CHILLI CON CARNE WITH CAULIFLOWER 'RICE'
Ingredients
- 150g/5½oz cauliflower
- 1 tsp olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tsp rapeseed oil
- ½ medium onion (60g/2¼oz peeled weight)
- finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- 75g/2½oz 5% fat beef mince
- 200g/7oz tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 level tbsp tomato purée
- pinch chilli powder
- 25g/1oz drained and rinsed tinned red kidney beans
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- To make the ‘rice’
- put the cauliflower in a food processor and pulse for 30 seconds
- or until it has the texture of rice. Stir in the olive oil and season. Spread the 'rice' onto a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- to make the chilli con carne
- heat the rapeseed oil in small saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and mince and cook for 4 minutes. Mix in the tomatoes
- tomato purée and chilli powder. Season and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the kidney beans and cook for 2 minutes more.
- Serve the chilli with the cauliflower 'rice'.

