This is wholly of Chilean origin. It’s a type of caramel that’s available everywhere in Chile. In fact, manjar is used in the majority of pastry recipes in my nation. Manjar can actually be had throughout the day at any time and in a variety of ways, including with bread, cheese, sweets, and my personal favorite, meringue. You’ll have to try it and make up your own mind since some of my international friends adore it and others detest it.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced green bell pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup medium salsa (such as Pace®)
- ½ tablespoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender’s®)
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- kosher salt to taste
- 1 (15 ounce) can Southwestern-style beans, undrained (such as Ranch Style®)
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper and cook until onion is softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add in salsa, Greek seasoning, pepper, and salt. Cook and stir until well combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer to desired thickness, about 20 minutes. Add water if sauce becomes too thick.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 327 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 71 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 952 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I added a package of Knorr Mushroom rice and it took this over the top!
Great meal
It’s Chili that’s missing important ingredients
This was *awful*! It had very little flavor, and was basically just some bulk to shovel into my mouth. Please decide how to make this stuff more palatable, or remove the recipe.
Easy and has favorite ingredients
easy and sooooo delicious!
Tasted good, tasted like a quick chili. Satisfying
Easy and very tasty comforting
We liked this recipe. I did make several changes since I’m vegetarian. I used Gardein crumbles in place of the ground beef, added a full cup of salsa, a can of Rotel tomatoes, red bell pepper instead of green as we don’t like it. I also added a small can of sliced, black olives and seasoned with Herbs de Province since I didn’t have Greek seasoning. It was very good and we have plenty for leftovers that I’ll serve over rice.
Well, it was easy, but I thought it was a little bland, I added a good amount of habanero hot sauce to flavor it up. And also this Greek seasoning is EXTREMELY salty! Next time I’ll use Italian seasoning. Three stars from me.
I like it spicy so I used a large habanero pepper instead of the green pepper and I doubled the amount of Greek spice (Rodelle’s from Wegmans). It was tasty and substantial served with rice and green beans (although carrots and/or peas would’ve probably worked).
This is a tasty, quick recipe; however, I like a little more flavor so I added a full cup of salsa.
Easy and tasty. I added a cup of cooked rice that I had leftover. The rice was cooked in Knor’s beef broth granules. I am a single older male, this will last me a few days. I cook but love to make enough for several meals. This recipe is great on the budget.
This was a pretty good recipe. We had it with garlic bread and a side salad in order to complete the meal. The next day we had it with chips!
This is a quick, savory recipe. We served it over a stir-fry of vegetables which included zucchini noodles. Healthy and delicious dinner!
We liked this quite a bit. I think a lot of how this recipe turns out which beans you opt to use or can find. I found some ranch style beans and I really liked how it flavored the dish. I served topped over french fries with cheddar cheese on top. Very good.
Yummy dinner. Easy and reheats well. I’d add a little heat to this.. like maybe some chipotle
This was a very easy and tasty dinner that can satisfy that craving for chili when you don’t feel like spending a lot of time in preparation. While this isn’t very soupy, you can always add more salsa to the meat. I wish my store would have had the Ranch Style Beans with Jalapenos because it would have given it that little touch of depth that I was hoping for. I would definitely make this again.
Easy to make and yummy! My hubby loved it! Sorta like chili with beans.