Mexican Beef Chili Soup

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recipe by Sara Lewis https://lovefood.com/profile/139037/sara-lewis/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    426
based on 2 ratings

A comforting beef soup that is ready in just 20 minutes. Packed with beef, beans and corn, this soup is hearty enough to serve for dinner, but it would also make a nice lunch. Feel free to add more or less chili depending on your heat preference.

recipe updated 3 Sep 2021

Ingredients

  • Red bell pepper icon
    Red bell pepper
    1
  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    1
  • Fresh chilli icon
    Fresh chilli
    1
  • Vegetable oil icon
    Vegetable oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Tomato purée icon
    Tomato purée
    2 tablespoons
  • Beef stock icon
    Beef stock
    1 L
  • Tinned black beans icon
    Tinned black beans
    400 g
  • Tinned sweetcorn icon
    Tinned sweetcorn
    125 g
  • Steak icon
    Steak
    300 g
  • Lime juice icon
    Lime juice
    2 tablespoons
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    1 pinch
  • Tortilla chips icon
    Tortilla chips
    as needed
  • Cheddar cheese icon
    Cheddar cheese
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Frying pan

Step preview

  1. Heat a clean saucepan - medium-high heat
  2. Add vegetable oil, red bell pepper and red onion to the saucepan
  3. Cook until lightly browned - approx 5 min
  4. Reduce - low heat
  5. Add fresh chilli, ground cumin and tomato purée to the saucepan
  6. Stir - approx 1 min
  7. Add beef stock, tinned black beans and tinned sweetcorn to the saucepan
  8. Simmer until fragrant - approx 5 min
  9. Heat a clean frying pan
  10. Add vegetable oil to the frying pan
  11. Sear steak the frying pan each side
  12. Transfer beef to plate
  13. Let rest - approx 2 min
  14. Slice and reserve liquid
  15. Transfer content of saucepan to 4 medium bowls
  16. Transfer content of plate to 4 medium bowls
  17. Add lime juice to the medium bowls
  18. Garnish with coriander
  19. Add tortilla chips and cheddar cheese to the medium bowls
  20. Serve immediately
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