
Smokey Chilli
In the late 1800s, the chilli queens of San Antonio created chilli con carne. They entertained the plaza and supported their families in a time when women weren't supposed to. Hopefully this recipe can inspire you to also do something that isn't supposed to be: a delicious chilli sin carne. The secret ingredient is coffee! You won’t taste it at the end, but it is an essential ingredient to get the ‘smokey’ taste.
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Ingredients
4-5 servings
800 g
800 g
2
Canned tomatoes
Black beans
Spring onions
Bread and/or rice
100 ml
2 tea sp
1 tea sp
1 tea sp
1 tea sp
1
2 cloves
Coffee
Cumin
Chilli
Cinnamon
Smoked paprika powder
Onion
Garlic
Make it a dinner party 🎉
Dinner Soundtrack: Lydia Mendoza on Spotify. She started her career in the 1930s, right amongst the chilli queens.
An original Aztec chilli recipe includes a bit of cocoa powder. You can also add rice when you have to fill extra hungry mouths.
Prep
5 min
- Dice onion and mince garlic
- Set coffee
- Cut spring onions into rings
Cook
30 min

Sauté onion
medium heat ~3 min
Add chilli, paprika powder, cumin and garlic
~3 min
Add tomatoes, cinnamon and coffee
simmer ~15 min
Add black beans
drain before adding, simmer with lid on ~10 min
Serve with bread and spring onions
The credit for this recipe goes to 'Eerlijk Eten - Tachtig makkelijke recepten met fairtrade ingrediënten'
I assume by cooking instruction that this two cans of black beans?
and is the aquafaba drained off?
Usually approximately 240g drained beans per can so drained weight total approx.480g?
Hi Libby! Yes, that’s correct. The aquafaba is indeed drained off. I will improve that in the instructions 🙂
Vandaag voor het eerst gemaakt, erg lekker! Was benieuwd omdat ik zelf geen koffie drinken maar zorgde juist voor een goede smaak. Aanrader
Loved this recipe!! Great smokey flavor and the coffee is gives it a good depth of flavour. Its great with rice.
I can testify for how good this is! 😛
The ultimate comfort food. Easy, cheap and delicious
Yes, loved this one! Actually, this is one I enjoyed the most as it is also fairly low in carbs! That’s super great!
So good! The coffee is a great addition and flavour is spot on
Dit is echt de lekkerste chilli ooit! Echt een favoriet bij ons, veel houdbare ingrediënten dus gemakkelijk in huis en zelfs veel lekkerder dan de meeste chili’s met vlees…