Picadillo With Rice And Black Beans

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey breast
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 1/2 cups chunky salsa, divided (mild or medium)
• 1 (15 ounce) can rinsed and drained black beans
• 1 cup quick cook brown rice
• 1 cored peeled and chopped apple (about 1/2 inch dice)
• 12 stuffed spanish olives, sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 cook beef or turkey on medium heat in a large non-stick skillet for 5 minutes or until no longer pink; drain well.
• 2 meanwhile, combine water, 1 cup salsa and beans in a 3 quart pan.
• 3 bring to a boil over medium high heat.
• 4 add rice.
• 5 stir, cover and reduce heat to low.
• 6 cook 10 minutes and remove from heat.
• 7 to cooked meat, add remaining 1 1/2 cups salsa, apple, olives, cinnamon and raisins.
• 8 cover and cook for 7 minutes or until apples are softened and mixture is heated through.
• 9 serve picadillo with rice and beans mixture.
• 10 garnish with slivered almonds.