This Weeks' Meals: Mexican Bento Box!
We got ourselves some tasty Carne Guisada, a nice helping of Mexican Rice (it's got tomoato paste, sorry, Mom), and Mom's low-cost fave an unnamed tomato and spinach concoction a friend dubbed "Mexi-saag."
I wish I'd made tortillas. :)
Recipes in the coments, since it's two recipes (The Mexi Saag? A can of tomatoes, a can of spinach, salt, pepper, and warm it up).
Mexican Rice
Yield: 7 servings
Category: Side
Cuisine: Mexican
Source: Mom
Ingredients
2 cups long grain white rice
3 cups water
1 whole bell pepper
1 whole white onion
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 tbsp vegetable oil
2 1/3 tbsp salt
4 tsp pepper
2 1/4 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp cumin
2 1/4 tsp garlic powder
411 g tomatoes (canned) (diced)
Instructions
1 - Add the cooking oil, rice and Mexican Spice Mix into a large pot.
2 - Set heat to high, and stir constantly as to not burn the rice.
3 - Just as some of the rice begins to turn the tiniest bit brown, add the water and immediately cover
4 - Once the water comes to boiling, set the heat to medium.
5 - Add in the bell pepper, onion, tomato and tomato paste, mixing well until the rice becomes a uniform pinkish red color.
6 - Recover and Wait five minutes.
7 - Set the heat to low. Wait five minutes.
8 - Remove the pot from the heat, and wait five more minutes.
9 - Uncover the rice, and fluff the rice using a rice paddle or spoon.
Notes
Makes 7 servings at ~50g carbs per serving.
Calories 286
Total Fat 6g
Total Carbohydrate 49g
Protein 5g
