How to Make Beef Mince Tacos

This Mexican mince and rice recipe is a family favourite, easy to make, has mild Mexican flavours and lots of ways you can serve it!

Why This Recipe Works

• All cooks in one pot!
• Cook once for two different meals
• Fun kid friendly ways you can serve this easy dinner.

Ingredients you will need

To make my one-pan Mexican Mince and Rice you will need minced beef, onion, carrots, tinned tomatoes, spinach leaves rice, and corn kernels. You will also need spices/herbs (paprika, cumin, oregano, and garlic powder) and then either some stock or water.

Ingredient Substitutes

• Minced beef: Minced lamb and minced pork also work in this recipe (the flavour will of course be different, but still nice). If you want to use minced chicken you will need to add an extra tablespoon of oil as minced chicken is very low in fat and the dish ends up a bit dry without the extra oil.
• Spinach: Frozen spinach works just fine too!
• Spices: You can substitute my spice suggestions with your favourite Mexican/taco/nacho/buritto spice mix.

I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used macro organic tomatoes, and frozen corn from their range in this recipe, they also stock taco seasoning which you can use to make this Mexican mince. .

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Step by step instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make Mexican mince and rice, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.

Prep: Grate carrot and dice the onion

Step one: In a large lidded saucepan or dutch oven heat the oil. Saute onion, and grated carrots until fragrant and starting to brown.

Step two: Add mince, salt, and the Mexican seasoning spices, cook until browned.

Step three: Take 1 can of tomatoes and the spinach, blend them, i.e. make a savory smoothie with them, (yes it will look gross but trust me)

Step four: Add the smoothie to the browned mince, along with the second can of tomatoes, rice, and water/stock. Stir, cover and gently simmer for 15 minutes

Step five: Add the corn

Cover and simmer for another 5-10 mins, the liquid should be absorbed and rice tender

Serve

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Top Tips

My favourite tip for this Mexican mince and rice recipe is to save the leftovers and serve them in a different way the second night. The mix makes a great quesadilla, taco or wrap filling.

Tacos!

Quesadilla!

Mince Recipes

I use mince quite often in family meals, I find it kid-friendly, economical and a good vehicle for carrying a lot of vegetables. Here are 3 of my family's favourite healthy mince recipes for kids

• Mince Curry- Beef and Coconut
• Ultimate Lasagne
• Burgers made with no breadcrumbs and no egg
• Spag Bol - A veggie loaded recipe
• Instant Pot Spaghetti Bolognese - Another one pot recipe!

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• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large Onion
• 500 g mince
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tablespoons paprika
• 2 Tablespoons cumin
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• chili flakes This is optional, if you would like more spice add ½ a teaspoon to 2 teaspoons depending on how much heat you want.
• 200 g carrots 2 x medium carrots
• 2 x 400g cans tomatoes
• 80 g spinach you can use frozen too
• 1 Cup rice
• 1 Cup water
• 1 Cup corn kernels frozen totally fine

• In a large lidded saucepan or dutch oven heat the oil. Saute onion, and carrots until fragrant and starting to brown.

• Add mince, salt and the mexican seasoning spices, including the optional chili flakes cook until browned.

• Take 1 can of tomatoes and the spinach, blend them in a blender, i.e. make a savory smoothie with them, (yes it will look gross but trust me).

• Add the smoothie to the browned mince, along with the seond can of tomatoes, rice and water/stock. Stir

• Cover and gently simmer for 15 minutes (make sure you reduce the heat).

• Add the corn

• Cover and simmer for another 5-10 mins, liquid should be absorbed and rice tender

• Serve

Ingredient substitutions

• Minced beef: Minced lamb and minced pork also work in this recipe (the flavour will of course be different, but still nice). If you want to use minced chicken you will need to add an extra tablespoon of oil as minced chicken is very low in fat and the dish ends up a bit dry without the extra oil.
• Spices: You can substitute my spice suggestions with your favourite Mexican/taco/nacho/burrito spice mix.
• Spinach: Frozen spinach works just fine too!

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 363 kcal | Carbohydrates: 78 g | Protein: 5 g | Fat: 4 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Sodium: 775 mg | Potassium: 400 mg | Fiber: 5 g | Sugar: 47 g | Vitamin A: 5332 IU | Vitamin C: 13 mg | Calcium: 69 mg | Iron: 3 mg

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