Spicy Beef With Garlic Lentil Rice
Created by ImPat on June 12, 2018
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #29705
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 500 grams ground beef (mince)
- 1 yellow onion (small onion, chopped)
- 1 carrot, whole (small carrot, peeled and chopped)
- 1 red chilli (long chilli, thinly sliced)
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 cup green peas (frozen)
- 1/3 cup currants
- FOR GARLIC LENTIL RICE
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 25 grams butter
- 1 yellow onion (small onion, halved and thinly sliced)
- 4 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 can (400 gram) lentils (brown lentils, drained)
- 1 packet (250 gram) basmati rice (microwaveable basmati rice)
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat half the oil in a frying pan over a medium to high heat and cook mince in two batches, stirring occasionally, for about 4 to 5 minutes or until cooked and then remove from pan and cover to keep warm.
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Step 2: Heat remaining oil in same pan over medium heat and add onion, carrot and chilli and cook, stirring for about 3 minutes or until carrot is soft.
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Step 3: Add curry powder, peas and currant and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes, or until peas are tender and then return the mince to the pan and cook, stirring, until hat and season to taste.
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Step 4: To make garlic lentil rice, heat oil and butter in a large saucepan and add onion and garlic and cook, stirrin g occasionally, for about 2 minutes or until soft and then add lentils and rice and cook stirring, for 1 minute, or until hot.
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Step 5: Serve spicy beef over garlic lentil rice.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (324.3 g)
- Calories 872
- Total Fat - 38.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 10 g
- Cholesterol - 83.1 mg
- Sodium - 208.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 87.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 24.4 g
- Sugars - 6.5 g
- Protein - 42.8 g
- Calcium - 89.6 mg
- Iron - 8.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 21.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.8 mg