Vegetarian chilli recipe for 2 people, takes only 5 mins; recipe has onion, garlic clove, butter, ground cumin, paprika, chilli flakes, chopped tomato, kidney bean, vegetable stock cube, dark chocolate, soured cream and coriander.
Microwave chilli
Course: Vegetarian chilli
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Kidney Bean: 400g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- Coriander: coriander, to serve (optional)
- Garlic Clove: 1 fat garlic clove, crushed
- Onion: 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
- Chopped Tomato: 400g can chopped tomatoes, drained and juice reserved
- Dark Chocolate: 2 squares dark chocolate
- Soured Cream: soured cream, to serve (optional)
- Chilli Flakes: pinch of chilli flakes or chilli powder
- Butter: knob of butter
- Paprika: 1/2 tsp paprika (sweet or smoked depending on preference)
- Ground Cumin: 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- Vegetable Stock Cube: 1/2 vegetable stock cube
Directions
- Put the onion, garlic, butter and spices in a microwaveable container, give it a quick stir, then heat in themicrowaveon High for 30-40 secs. Leave to stand for 1 min, then add the chopped tomatoes, beans, stock cube and chocolate.
- Cover with cling film and pierce 3 times. Place some kitchen paper on your microwave turntable, put the container on top and cook for 2 mins on High. Stir well and leave to stand for 1 min. If your chilli starts to dry out, add some of the reserved tomato juice, but remember that it won't reduce as much in the microwave as it would on the hob.
- Cover and cook on Medium for a further 2 mins. Give it a good stir and allow to stand for 1 min before serving topped with soured cream and coriander, if you like.
