Southwest Skillet
Yield: 4 servings Ingredients- 1 red onion
- 4 Chicken sausage or bratwurst
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1 bell pepper
- 8 oz mushrooms
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 Roma tomatoes
- ½ cup Mexican blend shredded cheese
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 Tbsp butter
- In a small pot, combine rice, 2 cups water, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until tender. Alternately, rice can be cooked in an instant pot for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, halve, peel, and thinly slice the onion. Halve, core, and deseed the pepper, then dice. Dice tomato. Wash and dice the mushrooms. Slice your meat into bite-sized slivers.
- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan and add bell pepper, mushrooms, meat, onions, and spices. Cook until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are soft.
- Add cooked rice, butter, and ¼ cup of water to the pan with the meat and vegetables and mix.
- Add cheese to the top of the mixture and place the whole pan into the oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbly. Top the mixture with fresh tomatoes.
- 385 calories
- 40 g carbohydrates
- 19 g protein
- 11 g fat