Tex-Mex Beef & Bacon Rice Bowl
with Sour Cream & Charred Corn Salsa
A bountiful bowl of goodness is on the menu for tonight. Dive into fluffy basmati rice that works as the perfect base for Tex-Mex spiced beef and bacon and top it all off with a bright corn salsa to bring it all together!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat.
Ingredients
1 packet
jasmine rice
(May be present: Wheat, Gluten, Soy.)
1 tin
sweetcorn
1
Onion
1 packet
baby spinach leaves
1 packet
diced bacon
(May be present: Soy, Milk.)
1 packet
beef mince
1 sachet
Tex-Mex spice blend
(May be present: Wheat, Gluten, Soy.)
1 packet
tomato paste
1 packet
Light Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk;)
1 packet
Cheddar cheese
(Contains: Milk;)
Not included in your delivery
olive oil
1 cup
water (for the rice)
drizzle
vinegar (white wine or rice wine)
⅓ cup
water (for the beef)
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• In a medium saucepan, add the water (for the rice) and bring to the boil. • Add jasmine rice, stir, cover with a lid and reduce heat to low. • Cook for 10 minutes, then remove the pan from heat and keep covered until the rice is tender and the water is absorbed, 10 minutes.
TIP: The rice will finish cooking in its own steam, so don’t peek!
• Meanwhile, drain sweetcorn. • Heat a large frying pan over high heat. Cook corn until lightly browned, 4-5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl.
TIP: Cover the pan with a lid if the kernels are ‘popping’ out.
• Thinly slice onion. • Roughly chop baby spinach leaves. • To the bowl with corn, add onion, baby spinach leaves, a drizzle of vinegar and olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper, tossing to combine
Little cooks: Take the lead by tossing the salsa!
• Return frying pan to medium-high heat, with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook diced bacon, breaking bacon up with a spoon, until just golden, 2-3 minutes. • Add beef mince to pan, breaking mince up with a spoon, until just browned, 4-5 minutes.
TIP: For best results, drain the oil from the pan at the end of this step.
• Stir in Tex-Mex spice blend and tomato paste, until fragrant, 1 minute. • Add the water (for the beef) and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Season to taste.
• Divide rice between bowls. • Top with Tex-Mex beef and bacon mixture. • Dollop over light sour cream and sprinkle over Cheddar cheese and corn salsa to serve. Enjoy!
Little cooks: Add the finishing touch by dolloping over light sour cream, sprinkling cheese and topping with salsa!
