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Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice

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Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice

A one-pan (skillet) Mexican style rice with beef and beans that’s topped with plenty of melted cheese!

I’m a big fan of one-pan meals, a complete meal made in one pan, and this Mexican beef and rice skillet is my current favourite. It includes so many tasty ingredients and it’s super easy to make. It starts out by cooking ground beef in a skillet along with onions and a pepper before seasoning it with taco seasoning, so it’s basically taco meat at this point. Rice, beans, salsa and water are mixed in before covering and cooking just like regular rice, with some of the cooking liquid coming from the salsa and all of the flavours of the taco beef and salsa mix into everything. I like to add corn to the mix at this point before covering with shredded cheese and cooking a bit more until the cheese has melted! Yum! The Mexican beef and bean rice is perfect as a complete meal all by itself or topped with tomatoes, avocado, sour cream, cilantro, etc.

Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice
Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice
Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice
Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice
Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice

Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice
Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice

Mexican Beef and Bean Skillet Rice

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Servings: 6

A one-pan (skillet) Mexican style rice with beef and beans that’s topped with plenty of melted cheese!

ingredients
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 cup salsa
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 cup corn
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (optional)
directions
  1. Cook the beef, onion and pepper in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking the beef up as it cooks, until the beef is cooked though, about 10 minutes, before draining off any excess grease.
  2. Mix in the taco seasoning, rice, salsa, beans and water, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer, covered, until the rice is tender, about 15-20 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle the cheese on, cover and cook until the cheese has melted, about 3 minutes.
Option: Replace the water with beef broth.
Option: Replace the water with enchilada sauce.
Option: Top with fresh diced tomatoes or pico de gallo.
Option: Serve with sour cream.
Option: Serve with diced avocado or guacamole!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 439, Fat 22g (Saturated 9g, Trans 1g), Cholesterol 72mg, Sodium 689mg, Carbs 37g (Fiber 2g, Sugars 4g), Protein 21g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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American, Beef, Food, Gluten-free, Main Course, Mexican, One-Pan, Recipe, Rice

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Comments

  1. Mila Kaminski says

    October 29, 2020 at 9:49 am

    Super I found this recipe. Today I wanted to cook something from rice and beef. I love Mexican food. I’ll make it for dinner tonight.

    Reply
  2. Brent Eamer says

    May 19, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    I was thinking of trying dried Pinto Beans, what is the ration of dried to canned?

    Reply
    • kevin says

      May 31, 2021 at 3:08 pm

      About 1/2 cup dried beans, cooked, is the same as the 15 ounce can. Enjoy!

      Reply

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