This is looked like a bowl of burrito filling, so I thought most of us would like it, and I was right! – everyone enjoyed it except DC3(9) who didn’t like the “sauce”(?) so next time we’ll try cooking them a “clean” version of the meal with no taco seasoning, black beans or cooked pepper….
link to the original recipe here
Fiesta Rice
Ingredients
- 250g long grain rice
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp coriander
- enough imitation chicken for 4 people
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 sweet peppers, diced
- 1 large tin sweetcorn
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tin black beans, drained
- 1 punnet cherry or baby plum tomatoes, quartered
- 1 avocado, diced
Instructions
- heat a pan of water & add the rice, lime juice & coriander – simmer until cooked
- while the rice is cooking, put the oil in a pan, season the imitation chicken with half the taco seasoning & cook until golden brown in the pan – set aside
- using the same pan, add the onions, sweet peppers, sweetcorn and the rest of the taco seasoning – once the veggies are browning, turn the heat down, add the garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Add the drained black beans, tomatoes, rice & imitation chicken
- Stir well and garnish with more chopped coriander & the avocado