this is my chili recipe. it has nothing to do with music, but popular demand and all that.

ingredients (serves 4)
500g decent beef mince
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
a few red chilies
390g box of chopped tomatoes (much better than the tins)
1 tin of kidney beans (i like the tesco ones with chili sauce. the sauce is nice and thick)
tomato puree (make sure you have anough for a couple of decent squeezes)
chili powder
cayenne
celery salt
paprika
cumin
1 beef oxo cube
salt
pepper
4 squares of dark chocolate

right, get your wok really hot and then put some olive oil in. i’ve assumed you have olive oil and a pan, so apologies for not including them on the list above. next up put in your onion (chopped) and your garlic (also chopped). turn down the heat and keep going until these are soft. add a bit of celery salt, cayenne, chili powder, cumin ,paprika, salt & pepper while you’re here. next up stick in the chili. chop them and remove the seeds. if you’re feeling brave keep the seeds in. when that’s been in for a few minutes drop in your mince. pull this apart a bit to get it going, and turn up the heat. let it brown, then stick in the oxo cube. a few more spices at this stage can be good too. when it is nicely browned, pour in the kidney beans. leave it literally about a minute, then add the chopped tomatoes. wait til these have started to bubble and add your cubes of chocolate. i tend to cut them up a bit first. whizz it around and stuff. taste it and add spices if you like. i usually need to add more paprika at this stage because i add paprika to everything. you may need to add some tomato puree as well depending on how tomato-ey you like it.

let it simmer along for as long as you like, but i’d say at least 20 minutes. if you’ve got two hours to kill, brilliant. serve it with rice, potato, tacos or whatever. it is also even better the next couple of days, so make a shit load and then take it into work for lunch later in the week.

if you want something about music, i can tell you that last time i made it i think i had ‘king of the beach’ by wavves playing on my ipod for most of the cooking period.