Loaded Cantina Beef & Rice Bar

🥘 Ingredients

• beef stock concentrate
  1 unit
• black pepper
• butter
  1 tbsp
• garlic powder
  1 tsp
• ground beef
  1 lb
• hot sauce
  1 tbsp
• jasmine rice
  1 c
• lime
  1 unit
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• mexican cheese blend
  ½ cup
• mexican spice blend
  1 tbsp
• olive oil
• pineapple
  1 c
• salt
• scallions
  2 unit
• sour cream
  2 tbsp
• tomato paste
  2 tbsp
• water

🍳 Cookware

• small pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. In a small pot , combine jasmine rice , 1¼ cups water , and a pinch of salt . Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender ⏱️ 15 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready to use.

   jasmine rice: 1 c, water, salt
2. 

   2

   Meanwhile, halve, core, and thinly slice long green pepper into strips. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Quarter lime . Drain and roughly chop pineapple .

   long green pepper: 1 unit, scallions: 2 unit, lime: 1 unit, pineapple: 1 c
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper and season with salt and black pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown ⏱️ 3 minutes . Stir in half the garlic powder and ¼ cup water. Cook, stirring, until pepper is slightly softened and water evaporates ⏱️ 2 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a small serving bowl. Wipe out pan.

   olive oil, black pepper, garlic powder: 1 tsp
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef , scallion whites, mexican spice blend , and remaining garlic powder. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until scallions are slightly softened ⏱️ 1 minute . Carefully drain any excess grease from pan. Stir in tomato paste , beef stock concentrate , and ¼ cup water. Cook, stirring, until beef is cooked through ⏱️ 3 minutes . Turn off heat. Stir in juice from half the lime.

   ground beef: 1 lb, mexican spice blend: 1 tbsp, tomato paste: 2 tbsp, beef stock concentrate: 1 unit
5. 

   5

   Stir 1 tbsp butter into rice until melted and combined; fluff with a fork.

   butter: 1 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Serve rice, beef, green pepper, pineapple, scallion greens, mexican cheese blend , sour cream , hot sauce , and remaining lime wedges family style and let everyone build their own bowl.

   mexican cheese blend: ½ cup, sour cream: 2 tbsp, hot sauce: 1 tbsp