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Ingredients

• 400 – 500 g of beef mince
• 1 onion
• 1 capsicum ( colour doesn’t matter )
• 2 to 4 cloves of garlic
• a couple of mushrooms
• 2 rashers of bacon
• 1 can of tomatoes ( I usually use Roma tomatoes )
• a splash of soy sauce
• a splash of vinegar or tabasco or chili vinegar
• 1.5 to 2 teaspoons of Mexican Chilli powder (I make my own, and will document that recipe at some stage too)
• salt and pepper to taste
• optionally 1/4 teaspoon of cocoa or drinking chocolate
• 1 medium tin of red kidney beans
• 1 small tin of corn kernels
• some oil (I use olive oil)
• optionally a capful of liquid smoke, if you want a smokey flavour