Beef and Rice with Veggies

This vibrant boeuf and Rice formula are going to be a terrific addition to your boeuf recipes collection! It’s sort of a pilau, except loaded with additional veggies and packed with additional flavour. I’m a giant fan of beef mince – it’s economical and convenient (no chopping!). And this is often an excellent fast approach create flip a packet of beef mince into an entire meal!

This boeuf and rice formula may be a complete meal, with barely any chopping. choked with bright colors, lots of nutrition, easy and quick to form. thus preparation rice in one pot like I do with this boeuf formula (along with all forms of alternative stuff) suggests that obtaining the liquid to rice ratios right (and mistreatment the correct rice) thus you finish up with absolutely cook flossy grains of rice that have soaked up all that flavour.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion , diced (any type)
• 1 red capsicum / bell pepper , diced (large)
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 500 g / 1 lb ground beef (mince) , lean
• 2 1/2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp EACH cumin, black pepper
• 1 tsp each onion powder, dried oregano (or other herb of choice)
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 1 1/4 cups / 225g long grain white rice (uncooked) 
• 2 cups / 500 ml beef broth , low sodium
• 2 cups / 300g diced frozen veggies (I used corn, pea, carrot mix) 
• 3 big handfuls baby spinach (~ 90g/3 oz) , or other leafy greens 

Instructions

1. Heat oil in large pot over high heat. Add onion, capsicum and garlic. Cook for 1 minute.
2. Add beef, cook until brown, breaking it up as you go.
3. Add tomato paste, salt, pepper, onion powder, oregano, cumin and cayenne pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
4. Turn heat down to medium. Add rice and beef broth, mix well. Add frozen veggies and bay leaf, then stir.
5. Place lid on, lower heat to medium low so it's simmering gently. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes (might even take longer) until all liquid is absorbed (tilt pot to check). The rice should be just cooked, but will be wet.
6. Remove from heat. Quickly toss spinach on top of the rice and put the lid back on. Leave to rest for 10 minutes.
7. Fluff rice and mix through wilted spinach with a fork. Adjust salt if desired. Serve!

Based on the recipe from HERE