Dirty Rice

I love one skillet , one pot type of meal . Sometime we get busy doing things ,and with quarantine over with , we have no time to mess around too long in the kitchen . Even if i do have the time , i prefer something easy and quick to prepare and less mess , which means less dishes to do . Don’t we agree ?

This dish i called , dirty rice , because it’s basically i use pretty much whatever i have on hand as far as vegetable . The protein , i use either ground turkey or ground beef , i am sure it’ll be okay to use ground chicken as well . I tend to use the lean or extra lean for the protein . Then the rest i just play around with whatever veggies .. mushroom , bell pepper , onion and garlic are pretty much a must in every dishes , sometimes i throw in corn , or edamame , and canned diced tomatoes .

So anyway .. here we go ..

Ingredients :

• 140 grams brown rice , cook this , half way done , then set aside . If you choose to use quinoa , u don’t need to precook it , as quinoa cooks a lot faster than rice .
• 1 lb extra lean ground turkey , or extra lean ground beef
• 8 grams of olive oil
• 1 large bell pepper , any color , diced
• 1 small package mushroom , i like to use baby bella , quartered
• 200 grams onion , sliced
• 3 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 jalapeno , or cayenne pepper
• 1/2 cup of frozen sweet corn kernels
• 14 oz diced fire roasted tomatoes
• garam masala
• cumin
• salt and pepper
• fresh chopped cilantro

Directions :

• i like to start my rice at the same time , brown rice takes up 25-30 minutes to cook , and i cook my rice half way done , then i shut off the stove until it’s ready to be transfered into the skillet .
• In a large skillet , heat up the olive oil .
• Add in all the vegetables , except for corn and cilantro , they go in last .
• Cook the veggies for few minutes , probably until the onion started to become translucent .
• Add in the protein source ( beef or turkey or chicken ) , add the spices , i don’t have the exact measurement for garam masala and cumin , start with 1-2 tbsp garam masala and go from there , with cumin i’d start about 1 tsp . If you like you can add a little of chicken cube too .
• Add the canned tomatoes , bring to boil  , add the half cooked rice , cover , simmer for 15 minutes or longer , by the time it’s done , water should be almost all gone , absorbed by the rice . Remember , If you use quinoa , you don’t need to precook it , quinoa will cook a lot faster than rice .
• Add the corn during the last minute and cilantro .
• Done