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One Pan Mexican Mince

Packed full of veges, this is one pot cooking at it’s best! Make a little extra and use the leftovers in toasties, wraps or as a baked potato topper.

35 mins
12 ingredients
$4.20 / person
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One Pan Mexican Mince

Ingredients

Serves = 4

  • 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium red onion, remove ends and papery skin, cut in half and slice
  • 2 stems spring onion, finely sliced
  • 1 green capsicum, remove seeds and stem and roughly dice the flesh
  • 1 cup frozen corn kernels
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds, whole
  • 500g lean beef mince
  • 2 tbs no added salt tomato paste
  • 1 cup salt reduced beef stock
  • 250g packet microwave brown and wild rice
  • 1 medium avocado, diced

It’s this easy

  • Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan on medium-high heat
  • Add the red and spring onion, capsicum and corn and cook for 5 minutes or until starting to brown, stirring the mixture occasionally
  • Add the crushed garlic and cumin seeds and cook for another 30 seconds
  • Add the mince and cook for 6-8 minutes or until brown, using a wooden spoon to break up the mince
  • Add the tomato paste, stock and 1/2 cup of water and bring to a simmer
  • Add in the rice, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook uncovered for 8-10 minutes or until all the liquid has been absorbed
  • Serve with the diced avocado on top

Tweaks

  • For extra spice and flavour add smoked paprika or dried oregano to the onion, capsicum and corn while they are browning.
  • You could also try topping with some fresh coriander, lime and red chill and a dollop of greek or natural yoghurt when serving

Notes

Nutrition information (per serve):

  • Energy (2090kJ)
  • Protein (35.7g)
  • Total fat (21.1g)
  • Saturated fat (6.4g)
  • Carbohydrate (37.5g); Starch (30.6g), Sugars (6.9g), Added sugars (0g), Free sugars (0g)
  • Dietary fibre (8.8g)
  • Sodium (266mg)
  • Calcium (46mg)
  • Iron (4.3mg)

Allergies

Contains: FODMAPs.
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