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Slow cooker chili with steak in white bowl with toasted tortilla chili slices and guacamole

Steak Slow Cooker Chili

Flossie
Tender slow cooker chili con carne made with beef chuck steak topped with zesty creamy guacamole
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Slow cook 8 hours
Course dinner, Main Course, main meal
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Equipment

  • Slow cooker I use a Crock-pot with lid. Easy to clean and you can serve your meal straight from it.
  • Vegetable slicer or just use a knife

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g beef chuck steak, lean diced (options: brisket or shin of beef or ox cheeks).
  • 1-2 bell peppers sliced roughly
  • 1 red onion sliced roughly
  • 1 white onion sliced roughly
  • 1 can (400 g) red kidney beans drained and rinsed (add another can if making vegan, skip the beef of course 😄)
  • 1 can (200 g) sweetcorn drained and rinsed
  • 1 can (400g) chopped tomatoes (you can add fresh tomatoes or other canned tomatoes if you want)
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • 3 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp cumin powder
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper or chili powder (add more if you like your food spicier)
  • 2 tsp salt (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp Black pepper, freshly cracked (or to taste)

For the guacamole topping

  • 1 medium-large soft ripe avocado peeled, stone removed and smashed
  • 2 heaped tbsp soured cream (skip if making vegan)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 grated garlic clove or ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
  • ¼ tsp crushed chilli flakes
  • 1 lime (grated zest and juice)
  • 1 tsp herbs (leaves picked or chopped. I used thyme.)

For the salsa

  • ½ cucumber diced small
  • 1-2 tomatoes diced small
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ tsp salt and freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 lime (grated zest and juice)
  • 1 shallot (or small red onion) (finely diced)

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the slow cooker (or instant pot). I place mine on a sturdy metal rack on the counter-top.
    Slow cooker on a rack onions and peppers next to it
  • Add the olive oil to cover well the bottom of the slow cooker.

Prepare the veggies and spices

  • Roughly slice onions, peppers and grate the garlic.
    Onions sliced on aqua chopping board
  • Measure the spices and seasoning in a bowl, or if you are confident just chuck 'em in!
    red brown black spices salt in a bowl with teaspoon and garlic cloves next to it
  • Drain the beans and sweetcorn and rinse briefly under the cold water tap.

Throw everything in!

  • Add the beef to the pot and coat well in oil.
    Beef chuck and oil in slow cooker
  • Add everything else in and mix well so that the spices and seasonings are distributed evenly, even though they will infuse over hours of slow cooking.
    Sliced peppers onions in slow cooker

Set and forget!

  • Set the slow cooker to a suitable setting. If you are away for the day, it's best to set at the slowest setting. I set mine in the morning for 7-8 hours.
  • Come home and smell the slow cooker chili! It's probably still warm in the pot.
    Finished slow cooker chili in slow cooker pot

For the guacamole

  • In a bowl or deep plate, mix smashed avocado with the cream, olive oil, lime zest and seasonings.
    Guacamole
  • Squeeze lime juice, mix and taste, add more salt pepper or lime juice if you want.

For the salsa

  • Finely dice all the vegetables. I use the Nova slice and dice on a small setting and it takes seconds!
  • Add olive oil, zest and seasonings and mix well. That's it!
    Finely diced cucumber tomatoes and shallots with lime zest salsa

Assemble your dish

  • If eating with rice, add a couple of heaped tablespoons per serving.
  • Then pile with chili, spooning the sauce on top of the rice. That's how I like it.
  • Top with the guacamole, salsa and jalapenos if using. Enjoy!

Notes

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