Chilli con carne meatballs

Name: Chilli con carne meatballs
Cook time: 43 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 sweet potato (250g); 2 tsp smoked paprika; olive oil; 1 x 400g tin of black beans; 2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 fresh red chilli; ½ a bunch of coriander (15g); 250g higher-welfare beef mince; 1 lime; 200g ripe cherry tomatoes; chipotle chilli sauce

Creamy black beans, sweet potato & cherry tomatoes

Gluten-free Dairy-free

43 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 2

nutrition per serving

Calories

23%

Fat

21%

Saturates

20%

Sugars

11%

Salt

25%

Protein

79%

Carbs

15%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Easy Air Fryer by Jamie Oliver

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 sweet potato (250g)

2 tsp smoked paprika

olive oil

1 x 400g tin of black beans

2 tsp cumin seeds

1 fresh red chilli

½ a bunch of coriander (15g)

250g higher-welfare beef mince

1 lime

200g ripe cherry tomatoes

chipotle chilli sauce

Method

Wash the sweet potato, chop into 2cm chunks, then, in a bowl, toss with the paprika, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
Remove the shelf from the air-fryer drawer, tip in the beans, juice and all, add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds, and season well. Replace the shelf, add the sweet potato, keeping the bowl for later, and cook for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
To make the balls, finely chop the chilli (deseed, if you like) and most of the coriander, stalks and all, reserving a few nice leaves. Scrape into the empty bowl with the remaining cumin seeds and the mince, finely grate in the lime zest, season, then scrunch together with clean hands.
Divide the mixture into 10 equal-sized balls, then add to the drawer with the tomatoes, shake into an even layer, and cook for 10 minutes at 180ºC, or until lightly golden and cooked through, shaking halfway.
Remove the balls, sweet potato and tomatoes to a plate and use tongs to carefully remove the shelf. Squeeze half the lime juice into the beans, add a few shakes of chilli sauce, then mash half the beans to create a creamier texture. Divide between your plates, pile the balls, sweet potato and tomatoes on top and sprinkle over the reserved coriander leaves. Serve with lime wedges, and extra chilli sauce, if you like.

This is a 1-drawer air fryer recipe.

All recipes from Easy Air Fryer were tested at least twice in a Tefal single (4.2 litres) or dual (8.3 litres) air fryer, as well as in a range of air fryers by my team of office testers at home. All air fryers are different, so results may vary – please follow the recipe instructions for guidance, and use your instincts to adjust times accordingly if your machine runs a little hotter or colder than average.

Tags

Air-fryer Gluten-free Dairy-free Meatball Beef Beef mince Beans Tomato Dinner Chilli-con-carne

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