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Mexican rice cups

Spice up your mealtime with these delicious Mexican rice cups, they're bursting with savoury flavours!

  • Time to make: 25 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 red capsicums sliced
  • 1½ teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1½ cups basmati rice
  • 500g jar pasta sauce
  • 2 cups reduced-salt chicken stock
  • 300g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 400g canned no-added-salt
  • four-bean mix, drained and rinsed
  • ½ bunch fresh parsley, chopped
  • 3 bunches baby gem lettuce
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat oil in a large frypan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes or until translucent. Add capsicum and cook for a further 3 minutes.

    2 Stir in paprika, cumin and rice and stir until well coated. Add pasta sauce, chicken stock and tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, cover with a lid, reduce temperature to low and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring halfway through.

    3 Remove rice from heat and add beans and sit for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve with baby gem lettuce.

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