Picadillo and Rice

Cuisine: Mexican
Effort: Low
Healthy: Less than 450 calories
Spice Level: Mild

Serves: 6, Calories: 449, Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp veg oil.  124
  • 1 onion, diced.  75
  • 3 tsp garlic purée.  51
  • 500g minced beef (5% fat).  840
  • 2 (300g total) carrots, peeled, diced.  123
  • 2 (400g total) floury potatoes, peeled, diced.  324
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ancho chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp mild chilli powder
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée.  20
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes.  100
  • 500ml beef stock (1 Knorr stock pot).  60
  • 150g sweetcorn, thawed, drained.  120
  • 150g petite pois, thawed, drained.  128
  • 1 tsp dried leaf coriander
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 bags (boil in bag) brown rice.  726

Method:

  1. In sauté pan; Soften onion and carrots in oil. 7 mins.
  2. Stir in garlic, cumin, chilli flakes and powder, ground coriander and paprikas. 2 mins. Set aside.
  3. Brown mince. 7 mins.
  4. Meanwhile, in medium saucepan; Boil 2 pouches of rice for 28 mins.
  5. Return veg to sauté pan, mix in potatoes, bay, tomato purée, tomatoes and stock. Simmer, covered, 15 mins.
  6. Add corn, peas, dried leaf coriander and oregano. Simmer, covered, 10 mins.
  7. Remove bay. Season.
  8. Serve with rice or tortillas.

Calories = 2691

  • 2691 / 6 = 449

Note: ⅓ bag Sainsbury’s boil in bag brown rice is 121 cals.

Modified from Picadillo


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