Tuesday, July 13, 2021

An Experiment in Cheap Tacos

 


Still continuing on the theme of rice and beans, but looking for a bit of variety, I opted for giving tacos a shot.  The price is inherently upped, on account of adding meat, but it's a welcome change after the straight rice and beans.

Ingredients:

2 cups of beans
6 cups of water
1 cup of rice
1 cup of water
1 onion
1 package of ground beef
4 tbsp of chili powder
2 tbsp of cayenne pepper
2 tsp of cumin

Instructions:

Instant pot the beans, half of the spices and 6 cups of water for 50 minutes
As it's venting, dice the onion
Add a bit of the bean water to the bowl
Strain the beans
Add the beans to the bowl
Instant pot the rice with the rice option
Pan fry the beef, onions, and remaining spices
Stir the rice and beef into the bowl
Serve on tortillas with salsa



This turned out extremely well.  Cutting down on the rice from the previous recipe and adding the meat and spices made the base mixture far more flavorful.  Plus tacos are always fun to eat.

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