Veggie chilli

Smoky veggie chilli

Sweet little gem & cheesy jacket spuds

Veggie chilli

1 hr 45 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 8

About the recipe

If you want to get ahead, I have a hearty veggie chilli you can batch cook in advance for the perfect winter warmer. Here I’m dry-charring all the veg first to bring bags of smoky flavour.


nutrition per serving

517

Calories


16.9g

Fat


6g

Saturates


18.8g

Sugars


1.2g

Salt


19.7g

Protein


74.9g

Carbs


12.1g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

Jamie: Keep Cooking at Christmas

Jamie: Keep Cooking at Christmas

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

3 large mixed-colour peppers

2 sweet potatoes (300g each)

2 onions

olive oil

1 heaped teaspoon cumin seeds

2 teaspoons smoked paprika

2 teaspoons quality cocoa powder

1 heaped tablespoon peanut butter

red wine vinegar

1–2 fresh red chillies

1 x 400g tin of butter beans

1 x 400g tin of chickpeas

3 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes

1 bunch of fresh coriander (30g)

8 small baking potatoes

extra virgin olive oil

140g Cheddar cheese

4 little gem lettuces

8 tablespoons natural yoghurt

SALSA

½ a red onion

½ an apple

1 lime

CHEAT’S HOT SAUCE

1 x 230g jar of jalapeños

a few sprigs of fresh mint

Method

  1. Put a large casserole dish on a medium-low heat and a large non-stick frying pan on a high heat.
  2. Prick the peppers, then sit them directly on the gas flame, or under a hot grill, for 10 minutes, until charred (keep an eye on them!). Meanwhile, scrub the sweet potatoes and slice into 2cm chunks (there’s no need to peel them), then char in the hot, dry frying pan for 5 minutes, turning them halfway through.
  3. Meanwhile, peel the onions and cut into 1cm chunks, then dry-fry in the casserole dish for 3 minutes until softened. Push them to the side and drizzle in 2 tablespoons of oil, then stir in the cumin seeds, paprika, cocoa powder and peanut butter. Add 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar and scrape up any sticky bits from the bottom of the pan, then stir in the charred sweet potato.
  4. Prick the chillies and blacken all over in the hot frying pan or directly over the gas flame. Carefully place the charred peppers on a board, then deseed and roughly chop, adding them to the casserole dish as you go. Carefully remove the charred chillies to a board, then finely chop and add to the mix.
  5. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
  6. Strain the butter beans in a sieve over the casserole dish, so the juices go straight in, then tip the beans into a the hot, dry frying pan and leave them in an even layer, without stirring, until they start to char and pop, then tip into the veg.
  7. Tip in the chickpeas (juice and all) and scrunch in the tinned tomatoes, breaking them up with a wooden spoon, then pour in 1 tin’s worth of water. Finely chop and add the coriander stalks (saving the leaves for later), season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper and stir well, then pop on the lid, leaving a little opening, and cook for 1 hour, or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
  8. Meanwhile, scrub the potatoes and dry with a clean tea towel. Prick them all over with a fork and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt, then place on a baking tray and bake for 1 hour, or until crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.
  9. For the salsa, peel the onion and thinly slice with the apple, then tip into a small bowl, dress with the lime juice and season to perfection.
  10. For the cheat’s chilli sauce, blitz the jalapeños and their vinegar with the mint in a food processor until smooth.
  11. When you’re ready to serve, finely chop the coriander leaves and stir through the chilli with 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Grate the cheese and click off the lettuce leaves.
  12. To serve, cut a cross into each baked spud, pinching the bottoms so they open up, and transfer to serving plates. Top with the cheese, stuffing it in well, then add a good spoonful of the chilli and serve with the lettuce leaves, a dollop of yoghurt, a sprinkling of the salsa and a drizzle of the chilli sauce.

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