Servings: 2
Taco Rice 沖縄タコライス
Quick and easy Okinawa Taco Rice recipe. This classic Okinawan dish is made from white rice topped with delicious taco mince, lettuce, avocado, and tomato salsa.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of cooked rice
- 2 cups of shredded iceberg lettuce *1
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese *2
- 250 g ground beef beef mince
- 1/2 brown onion
- 1/2 tbs olive oil
- 1 tbs ketchup
For Salsa
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 purple onion *3
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- pinch of salt and pepper
For Home made Taco seasoning mix
- 1/2 tbs Mild Mexican Chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp dried Oregano
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp corn starch
Instructions
Rice
- Cook the rice using a rice cooker or in a pot.
Salsa
- Chop up the tomato and onion to make the salsa, combine with lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper and set aside.
Taco beef
- Mix all taco seasoning ingredients and put it in an airtight container. *3
- Mix ketchup, 1 tbsp of taco seasoning and 1/2 cup of water in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Heat a frying pan over high heat and add olive oil and cook the onion.
- Add the beef mince to the frying pan to cook.
- Once the ground beef is cooked, add the taco seasoning mix to the frying pan and stir.
- Bring it to simmer and cook for a further 10-12 minutes to reduce the liquid and allow it to thicken.
- Turn the heat off and set it aside.
Assembling
- Serve 1/2 of the rice on a plate or a bowl and place the shredded lettuce, avocado, taco beef, and top with salsa and shredded cheese.
Notes
*1 Does not have to be ice burg lettuce. I used just salad leaves for update photos.
*2 If you don't have purple onion, can be substituted with brown onion like I did.
*3 It will make about 2-3 tbsp mix. This recipe only requires 1 tbsp of the mix.
Nutrition
Calories: 832kcal, Carbohydrates: 83g, Protein: 33g, Fat: 39g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Cholesterol: 99mg, Sodium: 851mg, Potassium: 963mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 820IU, Vitamin C: 22.7mg, Calcium: 148mg, Iron: 3.8mg