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Cheesy Mexican Beef and Rice Skillet
Cheesy Mexican Beef and Rice Skillet

Cheesy Mexican Beef and Rice Skillet

with Hot Sauce Crema

Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamPublished on November 19, 2018
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Wanted: A fresh, hearty one-pan meal with enough flavor to stand up to the coldest of winter days. Found: A skillet full of aromatic rice, zesty seasoned beef, and sautéed pepper and onion, topped with gooey melted cheese and hot sauce crema. Reward: bite after bite of deliciousness.

Tags:
Spicy
Allergens:
Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.

Total Time40 minutes
Prep Time
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

serving amount

1 unit

Long Green Pepper

1 unit

Yellow Onion

2 tablespoon

Sour Cream

(Contains: Milk)

1 teaspoon

Hot Sauce

10 ounce

Ground Beef

1 tablespoon

Southwest Spice Blend

3 tablespoon

Tomato Paste

1 unit

Beef Stock Concentrate

½ cup

Jasmine Rice

½ cup

Mexican Cheese Blend

(Contains: Milk)

Not included in your delivery

2 teaspoon

Vegetable Oil

Salt

Pepper

Nutrition Values

/ per serving
Energy (kJ)3222 kJ
Calories770 kcal
Fat39 g
Saturated Fat17 g
Carbohydrate61 g
Sugar9 g
Dietary Fiber4 g
Protein37 g
Cholesterol130 mg
Sodium840 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Utensils

Peeler
Small Bowl
Medium Bowl
Medium Pan

Instructions

Prep
1

Preheat broiler to high. Wash and dry all produce. Halve, deseed, and cut green pepper into 1-inch pieces. Halve, peel, and dice onion. In a small bowl, combine sour cream, hot sauce, 1 TBSP water, and a pinch of salt.

Cook Beef
2

Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium ovenproof pan over medium-high heat. Add beef, Southwest Spice, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat; transfer to a medium bowl.

Cook Veggies
3

Heat another drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and onion. Cook, stirring, until softened, 3-6 minutes.

Cook Rice
4

Stir cooked beef, tomato paste, stock concentrate, rice, and 1 cup water into pan with veggies. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Uncover and remove from heat.

Melt Cheese
5

Evenly sprinkle cheese over beef and rice mixture. Broil until melted, about 1 minute.

Serve
6

Divide finished beef and rice mixture between plates. Drizzle with hot sauce crema.

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