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

  1. Ashore: brown mince with onion, pepper, garlic and spices; add tomatoes, paste and beans; simmer 40 minutes; freeze.
  2. At sea: reheat the thawed chili.
  3. 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

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