

Mexican beef and capsicum with rainbow rice
Author: Niki Bezzant - Founding Editor
Photographer: Melanie Jenkins
This Mexican bowl of goodness is a delicious lunch or dinner, tastes incredible and on the table in 30 minutes!
Serves: 4
Time to make: 30 mins
Ingredients
Units: Metric | Imperial (US)
- 1 cup brown rice
- spray oil
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 courgettezucchiniX, diced
- ¼ cup frozen corn sweetcornXkernels, defrosted
- 1 small red onion, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 red capsicums, sliced
- 350g lean beef steak, sliced
- 3 tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 2 teaspoons Mexican seasoning
- ½ cup roughly chopped fresh coriandercilantroX, to garnish
- 4 tablespoons low-fat plain yoghurt, to garnish (optional)
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Instructions
- In a pot add rice and 2 cups water. Cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cook for 25 minutes, or until rice is tender and water is absorbed.
- While rice is cooking, spray a pan with oil and set over a medium heat. Add carrot and courgette and stir-fry until tender, about 5 minutes. Add corn and heat through. Remove vegetables from pan and set aside.
- Spray same pan with oil and return to a medium heat. Add onion, garlic and capsicum and stir-fry, cooking until veges are tender, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to high. Add sliced steak and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and 1 teaspoon of the Mexican seasoning. Cook 2-3 minutes, until tomatoes are softened.
- Add remaining Mexican seasoning and carrot and courgette mixture to rice. Stir gently to combine.
- Serve steak mix with rice, garnished with coriander and yoghurt, if desired.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Check seasoning is gluten free.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 416cal
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Kilojoules 1740kJ
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Protein 26g
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Total fat 10g
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–Saturated fat 3g
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Carbohydrates 50g
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–Sugars 13g
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Dietary fibre 7g
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Sodium 100mg
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Calcium 80mg
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Iron 4mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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First published: Oct 2017
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Delicious and very easy to make. Most of the work is in the vegetable chopping and prep. Once that’s done you can just throw it together… yum!