Lamb Chilli Con Carne with Brown Rice and Lime Yoghurt

Lamb Chilli Con Carne with Brown Rice and Lime Yoghurt

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, April 22, 2018.

Add some extra liquid to your chilli if it gets too thick.


Ingredients

LAMB CHILLI CON CARNE

  • 1 tsp oil
  • 250g lean ground lamb
  • ½ red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ carrot, grated
  • 1 pack chilli lamb spice
  • 2 tsp tomato paste
  • 400g chopped tomatoes
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • Pinch of chilli flakes (optional)
  • ½ capsicum, diced 1-2cm

BROWN RICE

  • 70g Japanese brown rice
  • 1/2 cup frozen corn
  • ½ tomato
  • ½ spring onion

LIME YOGHURT

  • ¼ lime
  • 1 Tbsp coriander, finely chopped
  • ¼-½ cup yoghurt
  • ¼-½ tsp honey (optional)

TO SERVE

  • ¼ lime, cut into wedges
  • 2 Tbsp coriander, finely chopped

Steps

  1. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Heat oil in a medium fry-pan on high heat. Cook lamb for 3-4 minutes, until browned.
  3. Add onion, garlic, salt and carrot. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes, breaking up lamb with a wooden spoon, until vegetables are soft and lamb is browned.
  4. Add chilli lamb spice and tomato paste and cook for 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add tomatoes, stock, chilli flakes (if using) and capsicum. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cook for 12-15 minutes.
  5. Cook rice in pot of boiling water for about 13 minutes. Add corn and cook a further 1-2 minutes, until rice and corn are tender. Drain well and return to pot.
  6. While rice cooks, dice tomato 1cm and thinly slice spring onion.
  7. Once corn and rice has cooked, add tomato and spring onion. Mix well to combine and season to taste.
  8. Zest and juice lime into a small bowl. Add first measure of coriander, yoghurt and honey (if using) to bowl with lime. Mix well to combine and season to taste.
  9. To serve, spoon brown rice into bowls. Top with lamb chilli con carne, dollop over lime yoghurt, squeeze over lime wedges and sprinkle over coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1860 kj
445 kcal
Protein 34.5g
Carbohydrate 48.4g
Fat 11.2g