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One-pot Cajun beef & loaded rice
A crowd-pleasing, filling feast with just one pan to wash up at the end? Yes please! Juicy strips of bavette steak are cooked on top of rice simmered with onions, red pepper and mushrooms, in a chilli and Cajun-spiced tomato sauce. De-lish!
SWK: High protein
Plants 6
one pot
Serving size
Ingredients
- 120g chestnut mushrooms
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 1 chilli
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 1 beef stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 1 tbsp Cajun spice mix (Cumin, Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Fennel, Green Cardamom, Coriander, Rubbed Oregano, Rubbed Thyme, Paprika Flakes, Cayenne Pepper.)
- 140g basmati rice
- 2 bavette steaks
- 4 spring onion
Nutritional Information
Calories: 525
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 75g
Fat: 9.0g
Ingredients
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 240g chestnut mushrooms
- 2 x chilli
- 4 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 1 beef stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 2 tbsp Cajun spice mix (Cumin, Black Pepper, Sea Salt, Fennel, Green Cardamom, Coriander, Rubbed Oregano, Rubbed Thyme, Paprika Flakes, Cayenne Pepper.)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 280g basmati rice
- 4 bavette steaks
- 6 spring onion
Nutritional Information
Calories: 506
Protein: 39g
Carbs: 73g
Fat: 8.3g
One-pot Cajun beef & loaded rice
A crowd-pleasing, filling feast with just one pan to wash up at the end? Yes please! Juicy strips of bavette steak are cooked on top of rice simmered with onions, red pepper and mushrooms, in a chilli and Cajun-spiced tomato sauce. De-lish!
Cook time:
45 mins
Cuisine:
American
Food group:
Beef
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- large saucepan
Chop, chop!
- Peel and finely dice the onions, and deseed the peppers and dice into 1cm squares. Thinly slice the mushrooms.
- Finely dice the chillies (deseed for less heat). Peel and crush the garlic, then finely chop the thyme leaves.
Sauté the veg
- Dissolve the stock cube in 400ml boiled water (650ml for 4 portions).
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry three-quarters of the onions, the peppers and mushrooms for 5 mins.
Spice things up
- Add the chillies (to taste), garlic, thyme and Cajun spice and cook for 2 mins. Stir in the stock, tomato purée and rice.
- On a separate board, trim any visible fat from the steaks, then thinly slice against the grain.
Get simmering
- Arrange the steak on top of the veg, rice and sauce in the frying pan. Bring to the boil and cover with foil or a tight-fitting lid.
- Simmer over a low heat for 20-25 mins, stirring halfway through.
Plate up
- Thinly slice the spring onions. Stir half through the beef and rice and lightly season to taste with salt.
- To serve, top the Cajun beef with the remaining onion and spring onions.