Halloween and Bonfire Night are just around the corner, meaning those delicious spicy chilli dishes must be made! This year, take your iconic recipe to new heights, as the wonders at Heck have produced three new flavoured minces to make your dinners even more fantastic and tasty! Find out all about them and a delicious chilli recipe to use them in right here!

Good Morning Lovelies, 

Once a week in our home, you can guarantee that my mum will cook a chilli during winter! Filling the home with delicious aromas, she loves to pop all the ingredients into a slow cooker in the morning to allow the dish to really stew, before serving up in the evening. 

When it comes to the week of Halloween and Bonfire Night, I know for sure that she will put off making it until the special occasion. She truly believes that you can’t go wrong with a Halloween/Bonfire Night chilli con carne and I have to say that I agree. 

After spending time outdoors basking in the trick or treating sessions, parties and fireworks, the idea of coming in to a dinner sitting there waiting that will warm you up is wonderful. And now, those dinners can be made even more easier, as Heck, the fantastic meat company, have come up with a whole new Easy Mince range. 

Seasoned and packed full of vegetables, each new mince is made to suit one classic dinner time delight, including an Easy Beef & Pork Bolognese Mince, an Easy Beef Cottage Pie Mince and of course, the ultimate and different, Easy Chicken Chilli Con Carne Mince. All of which have been chopped, seasoned and prepped to the point that they literally only have to be added to your chosen dish to be cooked, making dinner and that all important Halloween chilli a breeze. 

With the minces having kindly been sent to us to try, I thought I would share with you one of our favourite Halloween/Bonfire Night chilli recipes, which has been adapted to feature the lean chicken mince mentioned above, within it. Having been spiced perfectly, we only needed a few extra ingredients to make this devilishly good dish…

Ingredients

500g of Heck Easy Chicken Chilli Con Carne Mince

300g of Fresh, Cubed & Peeled Pumpkin

One Chopped Onion

Two Crushed Garlic Cloves

Two Tablespoons of Tomato Puree

One Tablespoon of Smoked Paprika

Two Tablespoons of Worcestershire Sauce

One Tablespoon of Brown Sugar

250ml of Chicken Stock

One Tablespoon of Oil

Salt & Pepper, To Taste

Tools

A Frying Pan

A Mixing Spoon

Method

1. Firstly, start by grabbing a large frying pan, before adding in the oil and heating it over a medium to high heat. 

2. Then add in the pumpkin and cook for five to seven minutes, stirring occasionally, until it changes slightly in colour around the edges.

3. Next, move the pumpkin to one side and add in the mince. Cook for around five minutes, until it is cooked throughout. Then add in the onion and garlic and stir again to combine everything. 

4. Allow for the ingredients to cook for a further three to four minutes before adding in the tomato puree, smoked paprika, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Stir again to fully combine and cook for one minute more.

5. When ready, add in the stock and the salt and pepper, before leaving to simmer, without the lid, for 15-20 minutes, giving it an occasional stir when needed. This will allow the sauce to become thick and glossy, whilst the pumpkin becomes soft. 

6. As soon as the chilli is thick enough, remove from the heat and serve over rice, in a taco bowl or with some crunchy nachos. You can also add grated cheese, sour cream, crispy onions and a few extra chillies to really top it off!

Halloween and Bonfire Night  may be all about bringing out the spooky sides of life, however, it can also be about the good food and the easy dishes, as proven by this wonderful new range from Heck. Out now in supermarkets, it really does make for some ghoulish goodies that won’t send a shiver down your spine! 

In fact, it will make you want to host a monster mash every night of the week to celebrate it, so look out for it on your next shop lovelies! You really don’t want to miss out on this chilli!

Joey X