Healthy Savoury Mince

[violet]

From the June issue of Australian Healthy Food magazine. We had this last night, and everyone liked it.

Savoury Mince

Serves 4

500g lean beef mince (ground beef)
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons curry powder
4 tomatoes, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
4 cups mushrooms, sliced
1 1/2 cups reduced salt beef stock
400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 cups cooked rice, to serve.

Spray a large frypan with oil and place over medium-high heat. Add mince (ground) and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break it up, for 5 - 7 minutes until browned. Add onion and cook for 3 - 4 more minutes.

Add curry powder, tomato, carrot and mushrooms. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add stock and chickpeas to pan. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Serve with rice.

Hands on time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Cost per serve $4.32

Per serve nutritional info (inc. 1/2 cup rice)

2031kj/486 cal
Protein 40.4g
Total fat 11.9g
Sat fat 4.1g
Carbs 48.3g
Sugars 7.8g
Fibre 11.0g
Sodium 797mg
Calcium 103mg
Iron 7.1g

[Linda]

This sounds really delicious, Elisa. Were the carrots cooked before you added them, or were they raw?

[violet]

It really was a nice change. The carrots were raw before cooking, but I cut them into pretty thin strips rather than slicing them.

Elisa