Chili con carne with rice
A Mexican dinner for the galley that copes with rough seas, can be made ahead and frozen, about 55 min hands-on.
- Dinner
- Mexican
- ⏱ 55 min
- 🌊 Sea tolerance 5/5
- 🌶 Medium (on the side)
- gluten-free
- kosher
- halal
Ingredients
For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.
- Beef mince / ground beef440 g (110 g)
- Canned kidney beans400 g (100 g)
- Onion (brown/yellow)200 g (≈ 2 onions) (50 g (≈ 0.5 onion))
- Bell pepper200 g (≈ 1.5 peppers) (50 g (≈ 0.5 pepper))
- Garlic (bulb)16 g (≈ 0.5 bulb) (4 g)
- Canned chopped tomatoes480 g (120 g)
- Tomato paste40 g (10 g)
- Ground cumin8 g (2 g)
- Smoked paprika8 g (2 g)
- Chili flakes2 g (0.5 g)
- Sunflower / vegetable oil32 g (8 g)
- White rice (long grain)300 g (75 g)
Method
- Ashore: brown mince with onion, pepper, garlic and spices; add tomatoes, paste and beans; simmer 40 minutes; freeze.
- At sea: reheat the thawed chili.
- Serve with rice.
In the galley
- Copes with a seaway — 5/5 for sea tolerance.
- Plan ahead: thaw about 12 hours before.
- Stow the main ingredients in the freezer.
- Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
- No listed allergens in our data — still check the labels of what you buy.
Per serving
💪 Protein-packed · ⚡ Night-watch fuel
- kcal
- 829
- protein
- 36 g
- fat
- 33 g
- carbs
- 99 g
- sugar
- 13 g
- fibre
- 12 g
From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label.
Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes