Middle Eastern · Dinner
Spiced Rice with Meat and Pine Nuts
Basmati rice cooked with cinnamon, allspice and cardamom, folded through browned ground beef and toasted pine nuts. A Levantine home-style dish, finished with fried onion and parsley, served warm with plain yogurt on the side for cooling contrast.
$5
15 minsPrep
30 minsCook
45 minsTotal
EasyLevel
Nutrition per serving
639Calories
34.7gProtein
31.5gFat
54.9gCarbs
3.6gSugar
3.1gFiber
1580mgSodium
118mgChol
12.3gSat Fat
725mgPotassium
98mgCalcium
5.1mgIron
2.9mcgVitamin B12
4.8mgVitamin C
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Instructions
1
Prep
Rinse basmati rice under cold water until water runs clear; toast pine nuts in butter over medium heat for 2 minutes until golden, then set aside.
2
Brown
Cook onion in remaining butter over medium heat for 3 minutes until soft, then add ground beef and cook over medium-high heat for 5 minutes until no pink remains.
3
Simmer
Stir in cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, salt and pepper for 1 minute, then add rice and beef stock. Bring to boil, cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes until liquid absorbs and rice is tender.
4
Plate
Remove from heat and rest covered for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork, mound onto plate, scatter pine nuts and parsley over top, and serve with yogurt on the side.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 420g420g ground beef
- 200g200g basmati rice
- 480ml480ml beef stock
- 36g36g pine nuts
- 11 onion
- 28g28g butter
- 1 tsp1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1 tsp1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp black pepper
- 8g8g parsley
- 74g74g plain yogurt, to serve
