Za'atar Beef Bowls with Hummus and Spiced Rice

Ingredients

• Ground beef

  70% lean meat / 30% fat, raw

  250g

• Orchard spice cereal

  Cereals ready-to-eat, kashi granola

  1 tbsp or 7g

• Topped Hummus Olive Tapenade and Za'atar Spice

  President's Choice

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Hummus

  Home prepared

  114g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  160g

• Rice

  Brown, Instant - Safeway

  ¾ cup dry or 150g

• Parsley

  Raw

  7g

• Onions

  Welsh, raw

  113g

• Tomatoes

  Green, raw

  113g

• White wine

  Alcoholic beverage, table

  ½ fl oz or 15g

• Oil

  Submarine Sandwich - Wegmans

  3 ¹³⁄₁₆ tbsp or 54g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  ¼ tsp or 1g

• Mayonnaise

  Regular, with salt

  2 tbsp or 28g

Directions

1. Before starting, wash and dry all produce. Heat a medium pot over medium heat. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then 2 tsp Shawarma Spice Blend (dbl for 4 ppl) and half the onions. Cook, stirring often, until onions soften slightly, 1-2 min. Add rice and cook, stirring often, until toasted, 2-3 min. Add 1 1/4 cups water (dbl for 4 ppl) and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low. Cover and cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 12-14 min.
2. While rice cooks, core, then cut pepper into 1/4-inch pieces. Halve tomatoes. Roughly chop parsley.
3. Whisk together vinegar, 2 tbsp oil and 1/4 tsp sugar (dbl both for 4 ppl) in a large bowl. Add tomatoes and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to coat. Set aside.
4. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then peppers. Cook, stirring often, until tender-crisp, 4-5 min. Transfer peppers to a plate. Set aside.
5. Heat the same pan over medium-high. When hot, add 1 tsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then beef. Cook, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 4-5 min. Add Za'atar Spice, half the garlic puree, remaining Shawarma Spice Blend and remaining onions. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until onions soften slightly, 2-3 min.
6. Stir together mayo, remaining garlic puree and 1 tsp water (dbl for 4 ppl) in a small bowl. Fluff rice with a fork, then stir season with salt and stir in peppers. Divide rice between bowls. Top with za'atar beef and marinated tomatoes. Dollop hummus over top. Drizzle with garlic mayo.
7. Recipe by: HelloFresh (source: https://www.hellofresh.ca/recipes/zaatar-beef-bowls-6135b4be504d65568c318639?locale=en-CA)

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