Hi Guys,
For those that follow the FB thread you may have seen Meg’s asked the other day for some inspiration using the mince she had in the fridge. I got home from sydney late that night and come Wednesday morning went searching for an easy out for dinner. I noticed we had a tray of mince in the freezer so I rang megs for her recipe…. This is how it went… I just chucked some onion, garlic and mince in and then a handful of rice, filled it up with water and away it went… She then added about 6 ingredients all over the shop. Meg’s did you write it down? Nup! So I took some notes and went to it making the Vixens Savoury Rice. Will be interesting to see how close I got to her version!!! It was sort of like playing two player chinese whispers! The out come was super yummy and 4 Thumbs up from this household! It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s cheap! What more could you ask for when you need to bang out an easy meal!
INGREDIENTS:
1 Clove of Garlic
1 Onion
20g Oil
500g Beef Mince
1 tblsp Curry Powder
1 tblsp TM Stock
100g Sliced Mushrooms (optional)
200 – 300g Mixed Veggies (Cut into small cubes)
100g Basmati Rice (Or any white rice – allow extra cooking if using brown.)
400g water
3 tblsp Ketchup / Tomato Sauce
2 tblsp Soy Sauce
Lettuce Cups to serve (optional)
Coriander to serve (optional)
METHOD:
- Place Onion and Garlic into TM bowl and blitz for 5 seconds speed 7.
- Add oil and sauté onion and garlic for 2 minutes speed 1 at 100 degrees.
- Add mince, and cook for 5 minutes, Varoma temp on reverse + speed soft.
- Add Rice, Water, Stock, Curry Powder and Mushrooms to the TM bowl. Cook for 10 minutes on Varoma temp on reverse + speed soft. At this stage add the chopped veggies to the Varoma dish set to steam while mince is cooking.
- Add the part steamed veggies, Ketchup and Soy Sauce to the TM and cook for 8 minutes at 100 degrees on Reverse + Speed soft. You will need to check the water levels at this time and add some more water if you think it is a little dry.
- Serve in lettuce cups or as is. You can sprinkle some fresh herbs like parsley or coriander over it before you serve.
TIPS:
- You can use other forms of mince. I happened to have lamb but it would work well with pork or lamb.
- My little people loved it and would make a good wholesome baby food meal. You could just puree it slightly for the little people.
- I used a range of coloured veggies in my mix. I love to try and cross off as many colour groups as I can. In this mix I used Orange Capsicum, Red Tomatoes, Purple and Orange Carrots, Bok Choy (Would work great for Kale), Green Peas and Pumpkin. I would use Corn but we have an anti-corn eating toddler at the moment! (see pic below)
- You could leave out the rice or substitute it for Macaroni Pasta. You could even make it into a pasta bake with a sprinkle of cheese over top and under the grill. Great versatile mince!