Spicy Ground Beef Rice Bowl

Sometimes you just need a Winter-friendly dinner that spices up mealtime and can be whipped together quickly after a long day.

Ready in under 20 minutes, this spicy rice bowl largely uses ingredients found in your kitchen and makes enough for lunch leftovers the next day.

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Spicy Ground Beef Rice Bowl

Great for a cold Winter night or just when you need a quick dinner

Course: dinner

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups rice white or brown
500 grams mince
1 tin kidney beans
1 tin chilli beans
1 tin diced tomatoes
1 large tomato diced
2 large carrots chopped
1 large red capsicum chopped
1/2 tbsp crushed garlic
1/2 large onion diced
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp mexican spice mix

Instructions

Cook rice using your preferred method.
In a small frying pan, heat oil and add garlic and onion. Cook for 2 - 3 minutes.
Add mince, salt and pepper and cook mince.
When mince is half way cooked through, add vegetables.
After 5 minutes, add in kidney beans, chilli beans, tinned tomatoes and mexican spice mix. Mix together.
Cook through until vegetables are at desired softness.
In a bowl, serve up rice and top with mince mixture.

Notes

Serve hot.
If you can't find a mexican spice mix, you can use a taco seasoning.
If the spice is too much, add a little sour cream or plain greek yoghurt to the bowl when serving.

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Written by Billie Turei

An environmental goddess who loves to spend her weekends drinking wine and perfecting her Master Chef skills, this little foodie can callback any 90’s hip-hop jam and obscure pop-culture references. You’ll usually find Billie eating Thai food and heading off for impromptu road-trips with her squad.

Favourite food to cure a hangover: Hash browns. All of them.

2020-07-24T11:26:23+12:00