taco rice bowl
 
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Have this dish from stove to table in 30 minutes. Put the rice on first and prepare the remaining ingredients as the rice cooks. Substitute the flavors based on your preference.
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: main dish, healthy
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Rice Ingredients
  • 1 ¼ cups rice
  • 2½ cups water
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • Filling Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons chopped onion
  • 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
  • 2 teaspoons diced jalapeño pepper
  • ½ pound lean ground turkey
  • 1 teaspoon Cocoa Chili Spice Blend or chili powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • ¼ - ½ cup beer
  • 1 tablespoon chopped green olives
  • 1 cup small red, black or white beans
  • 1 lime, peel grated and sliced into wedges
  • 2 tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley or cilantro
  • Salt, to taste
  • 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
  • 2 cups sliced lettuce
  • Corn Salsa Ingredients
  • ½ cup corn kernels
  • ¼ - ½ cup chopped tomato
  • 2 teaspoons chopped, fresh parsley
  • ½ teaspoon fresh lime juice
  • ¼ teaspoon grated lime peel
  • ¼ teaspoon diced garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon diced jalapeño pepper
  • Salt, to taste
Instructions
  1. Prepare the rice per package instructions. Add the butter and bay leaf during cooking.
  2. Prepare the Filling:
  3. In a medium sauté pan, over medium-low heat cook the onions in the olive oil until they become tender. Add the garlic, jalapeño, and turkey. Crumble and cook the turkey until it is cooked through.
  4. Add the chili, oregano, tomato, and beer. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add the olives, beans, 2 teaspoons of lime zest and juice from 1 wedge, parsley, and salt. Turn off the heat.
  5. Prepare the Corn Salsa:
  6. In a small bowl mix the corn, tomato, parsley, lime, garlic, jalapeño, and salt.
  7. Assemble:
  8. In each bowl layer lettuce, rice, filling, salsa, avocado slices with a lime wedge.
Recipe by phoebe's pure food at https://www.phoebespurefood.com/taco-rice-bowl/