Baked Potatoes with Chilli
Baked Potatoes with Chilli

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Allow both to cool completely and then store in airtight containers in the refrigerator. Turn the potatoes cut side down and prick the tops several times with fork. Prick them with a fork to assess doneness. Taste and add an additional sprinkle of salt if necessary.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked potatoes with chilli using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Potatoes with Chilli:
  1. Take 4 large baking potatoes (45p) (see tip)
  2. Get 1 tbsp vegetable oil (2p)
  3. Prepare 1 Onion, peeled and diced (10p)
  4. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, crushed or grated (5p)
  5. Make ready 1 tsp ground cumin (1.5p)
  6. Take 1 tsp dried oregano (1.5p)
  7. Make ready 1 x400g tin red kidney beans in chilli sauce (65p) (see tip)
  8. Take 400 ml passata (40p)
  9. Make ready 250 g chicken or turkey mince (or use any meat-free mince) (£2)
  10. Make ready Salt and pepper
  11. Get Optional, 4-5 tbsp/75ml soured cream (75p) or *see intro
  12. Prepare Optional, 100g Mature cheddar/vegan cheese, grated (50p)

Add the garlic and chilli sachet. Stir a few times to coat the onions in the spices, then tip the onion mixture into a large ovenproof dish. Instead of serving traditional baked potatoes with a chilli topping, I like to remove the cooked insides and mash them with cumin and herbs before mixing in the chilli con carne and stuffing it all back into the potato skins. A quick smattering of cheese and another blast in the oven or grill, and you'll have a comforting meal with a novel twist.

Instructions to make Baked Potatoes with Chilli:
  1. Wash and thoroughly dry the potatoes and prick them all over with a fork.
  2. If you have a microwave, cook the potatoes in the microwave for 15 minutes, turning them over a couple of times.
  3. If you do not have a microwave, put the potatoes in a hot (190C) oven and cook for 1 hour, until crisp on the outside and fluffy inside. - - Put microwaved potatoes in the oven for 30 minutes. In both cases, turn the potatoes over halfway through.
  4. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a deep frying pan.
  5. Add the onion and sweat them off for 5 minutes.
  6. Add the garlic and sweat off for 30 seconds.
  7. Add the cumin and oregano, then add the mince.
  8. Break up the mince and get it cooked through thoroughly.
  9. Add the tin of beans in chilli sauce and the passata and continue to cook for a further ten minutes. Add a splash or two of water if it gets too thick or a bit sticky.
  10. Season to taste. - Honestly, taste it!
  11. Serve the potatoes with a dab of butter or vegan butter (again, optional).
  12. Let everyone serve themselves, some might want to have everything piled into the potato, topped with cheese and soured cream, while others may want the soured cream on their potato and their chilli on the side, with or without cheese. Maybe they will even want the cheese on the potatoes, followed by the chilli. The beauty of this dish is the number of ways it can be served, keeping everyone at the table happy 😊

Instead of serving traditional baked potatoes with a chilli topping, I like to remove the cooked insides and mash them with cumin and herbs before mixing in the chilli con carne and stuffing it all back into the potato skins. A quick smattering of cheese and another blast in the oven or grill, and you'll have a comforting meal with a novel twist. Top with the potato flesh and spread in an even layer. Place the reserved potato skins on top of the casserole, skin-side up. Drizzle the potato skins with the remaining butter and sprinkle with the cheese.

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