Recipe: Appetizing Mexican Beef Skillet

Cooking beef with easy and tasty.

Mexican Beef Skillet. Chopped zucchini pairs well with ground beef. I came up with this Mexican Zucchini and beef skillet dish recipe one night for an easy dinner. I've made a similar dish in the past using leftover salsa.

Feel free to add more if your heart desires. yellow onion; bell pepper: we love sneaking veg into our dishes when we can and bell peppers fit quite nicely in this skillet. Choose any color you'd like and even double it if you feel like it. Do not pre-cook the rice: That's right, the rice can go in uncooked! You can cook Mexican Beef Skillet using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mexican Beef Skillet

  1. It's 2 lb of Ground beef.
  2. It's 2 lb of Rotini pasta.
  3. It's 2 large of Bell peppers chopped.
  4. You need 1 large of Onion chopped.
  5. It's 2 can of Diced tomatoes 16 oz.
  6. You need 16 oz of Picante salsa.
  7. Prepare 2 cup of Frozen thawed corn drained.
  8. You need 1 can of Black olives sliced.
  9. Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
  10. It's 2 cup of Sharp cheddar cheese.

If you pre-cook it, the entire dish will turn into soup. So, don't 😉 Don't skip the browning step: I know it can be tempting to skip this step to save time, but you'll miss out on a lot of flavor if you don't brown the meat and onions. Stir in the tomatoes and cover the skillet. After that time, check the seasoning to see if it needs more salt and pepper.

Mexican Beef Skillet step by step

  1. Bring a pot of water enough to cook 2 boxes of rotini to a boil. Then add rotini to water and cook until tender..
  2. While pasta is cooking chop onion and bell pepper in small pieces add to pan with 2lbs ground beef and brown then add 1 minced clove of garlic..
  3. Drain pasta and rinse if desired. Then put pasta back into to pot. Add the ground beef, bell pepper and onion mixture to pot..
  4. Drain diced tomatoes from can as well as drain frozen thawed corn then add to pot. Mix well..
  5. Then add sliced olives, salsa and cheese to pot. Mix very well and serve. Can also serve corn bread with it..

And finally, mix in the chopped cilantro. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add ground beef, onion and garlic. In this glorious one-pan Cheesy Mexican Beef and Rice Skillet, onions and garlic cook with seasoned ground beef, rice, tomatoes and corn in a simple sauce. Topped with copious amounts of cheese and all the fixings and serve with tortilla chips.