Husband's Cooking #5: Easy Spicy Taco Rice
This is a recipe from my husband R, the head chef of our house.
This time, it's Taco Rice♪
A popular dish originating from Okinawa, where taco ingredients are served over rice.
It's one of those spicy dishes you crave in the summer.
I'm introducing a very easy recipe using store-bought seasoning, but with an arrangement that includes extra vegetables.
Husband R says, 'I sauté the onion with the other ingredients to give it a milder finish!'
Let's get started.
Ingredients
Serves 4
・500g ground meat (beef and pork blend)
・1 carrot
・1/2 onion
・1 pack shimeji mushrooms
・2 tbsp olive oil
・30g store-bought taco seasoning
・200ml water
・1 tsp soy sauce
・4 tomatoes (or 5 if using midi tomatoes)
・1 head of lettuce
・4 boiled eggs
・4 servings of warm rice (4 bowls)
※Use extra virgin olive oil.
※For those on a gluten-free diet: please use gluten-free soy sauce. Also, check the ingredients of the taco seasoning.
Instructions
1. Finely chop the carrot and onion. Remove the stems from the shimeji mushrooms, break them apart, and chop finely. Remove the seeds from the tomatoes and cut into 1cm cubes. Shred the lettuce. Thinly slice the boiled eggs.
↑ We'll make this easily and deliciously using store-bought taco mix.
2. Add olive oil to a pan and heat it up. Add the carrot, onion, and shimeji mushrooms from step 1 and sauté over high heat for 1 minute.
↑ Sauté quickly.
3. Add the ground meat to the pan and sauté together. Once the meat is about 80% cooked, add the taco seasoning and water, and mix. Lower the heat and simmer for about 10 to 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced appropriately. Add the soy sauce while simmering.
↑ Add the ground meat and sauté.
↑ Add taco seasoning and water. Add soy sauce halfway through as a secret ingredient.
↑ Simmer until it reaches this consistency.
↑ Taco meat is done.
4. Serve rice on a plate, top with the taco meat from step 3, and garnish with lettuce around the sides and tomatoes and eggs on top.
↑ The tomatoes, lettuce, and boiled eggs I prepared.
↑ Plated and ready to eat♪
For some reason, I always crave spicy food during the hot summer.
As long as you buy taco seasoning and ground meat, you likely have the rest of the ingredients at home. Please feel free to give it a try.
This is a veggie-heavy version, but I also recommend adding even more lettuce for a refreshing taste♪
You can also reduce the sugar content by adjusting the ratio—less rice, more lettuce.
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Thank you for reading until the end.
See you next time.