Chilli Burritos

Serves 3 (or two hungry people!)

preparation time: 10 minutes

cooking time: 1 hour

I will warn you now that this is not the best looking dish in the world as you might tell from the picture but trust me the taste more than makes up for it. With this one more a kind of 'feeding the lads' than impressing the girlfriend, they don't always appreciate the effects chilli can have on a mans bowels. Serve with a few nice cold beers (try not to drink them before you start cooking it can lead to great difficulties!).

So get the boys round, serve this and your certain to please. As they say in mexico 'permite comer y emborracharse!

Ingredients

• 250g beef mince
• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• ½ a green pepper
• 2 birdseye chillis
• 1 teaspoon of chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon of mixed herbs
• 1 beef oxo cube
• ¼ pint of water
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 4 tablespoons tomato puree
• 1 tin of red kidney beans
• 6 tortillas
• cheddar cheese

Method

1. Chop the onion and the green pepper into cube
2. Fry together mince, onion, garlic, herbs, pepper, green chilli and chilli powder in a large saucepan for about 5 mins or until the juices start to run from the meat
   
3. Add the chopped tomatoes, purée, oxo cube, kidney beans and water
4. Stir, bring to boil on a medium heat then turn down to simmer
5. Allow to cook for minimum 30 mins - longer is possible, adding water as required
6. After the chilli has cooked for a sufficient amount of time its time to place into the tortillas this is where it can messy! arrange all the tortillas in a large oven proof dish and pour a serving of chilli into each.
   
7. Seal them by folding over the edges and grate cheese all over the tortillas, if you like it cheesy then go nuts!
   
8. Put in the oven at 220°c for 10-15 minutes until the cheese has turned golden brown.
9. Now use whatever utensils you can get your hands on and and lift out the burritos trying to keep them intact, i have only ever succeeded twice in doing this but ont worry about it if all fails just get a good scoop and whack in on the plate. Enjoy :)

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