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Cook binned a key ingredient for chilli (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kidney bean

'ingredient for chilli' is the definition.
(chilli often contains kidney beans)

'cook binned a key' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates an anagram.
'binned'+'a'+'key'='binnedakey'
'binnedakey' with letters rearranged gives 'KIDNEY-BEAN'.

(Other definitions for kidney bean that I've seen before include "Pulse (of a renal shape?)" , "Red pulse" , "Vegetable" , "legume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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