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Beef and rice protein bowl with stir-fried veggies

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 25 minutes, around $3.07 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

25mintotal
≈ $3.07a serving
767kcalper serving
45gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Start the rice

    Put the rice in the saucepan with 2 times its volume of salted water, so about 500 ml for 250 g. Bring to a boil, cover and turn down to low.

    Tip · 250 g of rice makes a big portion for 2. Keep the lid on while it cooks and don't stir, so the grains stay nice and separate.

  2. Peel and cut the veggies

    While the rice cooks, thinly slice the onion, cut the carrots into small sticks and the bell pepper into strips. Mince the garlic.

  3. Sear the firm veggies

    Heat the olive oil over high heat in the skillet. Add the onion and carrots and stir-fry for 5 minutes.

  4. Add the bell pepper and garlic

    Add the bell pepper and garlic and season lightly with salt and pepper. Stir-fry for 3 minutes, then set the veggies aside in a bowl.

  5. Cook the ground beef

    Put the skillet back over high heat, crumble in the 300 g of ground beef and cook it, stirring, until there's no pink left at all: the meat should reach at least 70 °C inside.

    Tip · Let the meat brown for a moment without touching it before you crumble it, so it sears instead of boiling in its juices.

  6. Mix the meat and veggies

    Put the veggies back in the skillet, pour in the soy sauce and stir. Add pepper and adjust the salt if needed, keeping in mind that soy sauce is already salty.

  7. Fluff the rice

    The rice should have soaked up all the water. If there's some left, drain it in the colander. Fluff it with a fork.

  8. Build the bowls

    Split the rice between two bowls, then pile the beef and stir-fried veggies on top. Serve right away.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 767 kcal. 57% comes from carbs, 23% from protein and 18% from fat.

109 gCarbs
45 gProtein
15 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy767 kcal
Protein44.9 g
Carbs108.9 g
of which sugars9.7 g
Fat15.2 g
of which saturated fat3.8 g
Fiber8.4 g
Salt2.6 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.07 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $6.14for 2 people
≈ $3.07a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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