Family Friendly Mild Gluten Free Chilli Con Carne

Easy Gluten Free Chilli Con Carne with Hidden Veggies

5 from 7 votes

Family Friendly Mild Gluten Free Chilli Con Carne

A wonderful way to sneak veggies into a family meal that the whole family will eat and you can sit back in the comfort that everyone's getting a daily dose of nutrients. This is both gluten free and dairy free and can be made vegan too with meat free mince and a vegan stock.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Mexican

Keyword: Chilli, Chilli con Carne, Dairy Free, Family Meal Idea, Gluten Free, Mexican

Servings: people

Calories: 443kcal

Author: Glutarama

Equipment

Ingredients

500 g mince
1 Knorr beef stock pot
1 tin kidney beans (240g) rinsed in a sieve under a tap.
500 g passata
2 tbsp tomato puree
2 cloves garlic (powder, puree or clove) chopped and crushed to puree.
2 tbsp mild chilli powder
6 cubes frozen vegetables [see notes to make ahead]

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Brown the mince in a large saucepan, the browner the mince, the more intense the flavour.
Add the stock pot (no need to dissolve in water) if using a gluten free stock cube simply crumble into the browned mince. Mix well to combine.
Add the crushed garlic, tomato puree and mild chilli powder and mix to combine. heat for a couple of minutes to cook out the tomato puree.
Turn the heat down to medium and add the passata and the kidney beans and stir well. Adding to a high heat will end up with you wearing tomato juices!
Finally add your chosen amount of frozen vegetable cubes (or broken pieces of veggie sheet). Stir through until the cubes have melted and fully incorporated into the chilli.
Turn heat down and simmer with the lid on for up to an hour to allow the beans to soften.
Keep checking back on the chilli to make sure it's not sticking to the bottom of the saucepan.
To serve make your usual amount of rice for you family and maybe even add a piece of gluten free garlic bread for good measure.

Notes

How to make hidden vegetable ice cubes

To get the vegetables ready to add to the ice cube trays or silicone freezer bags you simple add the prepared veg to a blender/liquidiser. I have used a smaller smoothie maker for smaller batches.

You will need to add a liquid, otherwise your vegetables won't blend - we're NOT using cooked vegetables here, this method uses fresh raw vegetables for optimum nutritional retention.

Liquids could be a splash of water (enough to get the veggies blending) or, and this is my preferred option, passata. It really does depend on what you have to hand. You could save some water from boiling/steaming vegetables one evening and refrigerate this until ready to add to your blended veggies.

Use any vegetables you have handy, steer clear of any strong flavoured vegetable if you think this will put off family members from eating the chilli or any foods you add the cubes to.

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