Mexican Pulled Beef with Tomato and Coriander Salsa

Mexican Pulled Beef with Tomato and Coriander Salsa

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, September 24, 2017.

Make the Mexican pulled beef the night before and all you need to do is steam some rice and throw a salsa together!


Ingredients

Jasmine Rice

  • 1 cups jasmine rice
  • 1½ cups water

Mexican Pulled Beef

  • ½ brown onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon pulled beef spices
  • 250g pulled beef
  • ¾ cup beef stock
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Tomato and Coriander Salsa

  • 1 tomato
  • ½ Lebanese cucumber
  • ½ capsicum, core and seeds removed
  • ½ avocado
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar (e.g. red wine, white wine, cider)
  • 1-2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and stalks

To Serve

  • ½ cup grated Colby cheese

Steps

  1. Combine rice, water and a pinch of salt in a pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tightfitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  2. While rice cooks, heat a drizzle of oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook onion with a pinch of salt for 3-4 minutes, until soft. Add garlic and pulled beef spices and cook for a further 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
  3. Add pulled beef, stock, tomato sauce and salt to pan. Bring to a simmer and cook for 3-4 minutes, until slightly thickened and reduced. Stir through Worcestershire sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  4. While beef cooks, dice tomato, cucumber and capsicum 2cm. Cut avocado in half lengthways and twist halves to separate. Remove stone using a spoon and spoon out flesh then dice 2cm.
  5. Add all salsa ingredients to a medium bowl and toss with a drizzle of olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. To serve, place ¾ cup cooked jasmine rice in each bowl and top with Mexican pulled beef, tomato and coriander salsa and grated cheese .

Nutritional Information

Energy 2464 kj
589 kcal
Protein 32.9g
Carbohydrate 52.4g
Fat 27.0g