For shorter camps, bivvying and hikes you can make this at home the day before, and freeze one portion per person in individual plastic bags. Bring it along frozen, then re-heat it in your Trangia. It will keep for up to 2 days!
Prep Work
- Chop the onions and garlic.
- Remove the seeds and chop the chillies.
- Dice the bell peppers.
Make the Chili
- Place a pot with a thumb high of oil over your fire.
- Add the onions and garlic. Fry them for a minute.
- Add the mince, and season it with a tea spoon of pepper, a table spoon of salt and two table spoons of paprika powder.
- Stir until the meat becomes brown and crumbly.
- Add the tomato puree, bell peppers, kidney beans and sweet corn, as well as the stock cube and 1 cup of water.
- Let the chili simmer (that means cook lightly over very low heat) for 30 minutes to an hour.
Shopping List for 8 Scouts
- 2 onions
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 fresh red chillies OR a tea spoon of chilli powder
- 500g of minced meat
- 1 tube of tomato puree OR 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 2 bell peppers
- 1 tin of red kidney beans
- 1 tin of sweet corn
- 1 stock cube
- 1 cup of water
- Paprika powder
- You will also need: oil, salt and pepper