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Rapid Turkish-style aromatic beef bowl
Pomegranate, parsley, smoked paprika, cumin... Turkish cuisine has some big hitters and they pack a punch here combined with sizzled beef mince and fluffy rice. Baby tomatoes, green pepper and onion ramp up the freshness, letting those spices really sing!
SWK: High protein
Plants 6
quick cook
Serving size
Ingredients
- 140g basmati rice
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 75g pomegranate seeds
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 onion
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 3 garlic clove
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pepper
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (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)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 562
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 78g
Fat: 8.3g
Ingredients
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 5 garlic clove
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 280g basmati rice
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (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 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 75g pomegranate seeds
Nutritional Information
Calories: 512
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 75g
Fat: 7.8g
Rapid Turkish-style aromatic beef bowl
Pomegranate, parsley, smoked paprika, cumin... Turkish cuisine has some big hitters and they pack a punch here combined with sizzled beef mince and fluffy rice. Baby tomatoes, green pepper and onion ramp up the freshness, letting those spices really sing!
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern
Food group:
Beef
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large saucepan
- 1 large non stick frying pan
Chop, chop!
- Peel the onions and dice into large pieces, then deseed the peppers and dice into 2cm squares. Peel and crush the garlic.
Sizzle & spice the beef
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions, peppers and tomatoes for 5 mins.
- Add the garlic, mince, cumin, smoked paprika and cinnamon and cook for 1 min.
Set the rice simmering
- Meanwhile, cook the rice in boiling water for 10-12 mins, then drain.
Things get saucy!
- At the same time, crumble half the stock cube into the frying pan, pour in 250ml water (350ml for 4 portions) and stir well. Simmer for 5 mins, until the sauce has reduced by half.
- Finely chop the parsley.
Bring everything together
- Spoon the Turkish mince onto the rice, scatter over the parsley and pomegranate seeds and serve.