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What to cook with beef, rice and bell pepper?

Have beef, rice and bell pepper at home? Smart Plate assembled a simple dish from these ingredients following the Healthy Eating Plate. Below are the ingredients, steps and tips to make it tastier.

Vegetable stew with bell pepper and beef — beef, rice, bell pepper on a plate built around the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate
What the finished dish looks like: vegetables & fruit — bell pepper; whole grains — rice; protein — beef. Illustrative photo of the dish
🥗 Dinner⏱ ≈ 25 min🥩 Beef · 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) · 🫑 Bell pepper

Vegetable stew with bell pepper and beef

The vegetables stew in their own juices with oil and onion until soft, slightly sweet and fragrant — tasty, not just healthy.

Ingredients

  • 🥩 Beef — 120–150 g
  • 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) — 50–60 g dry (or 150 g cooked)
  • 🫑 Bell pepper — 1 piece

Instructions

  1. Rinse the rice and simmer in salted water until done (about 25 minutes).
  2. Heat a spoonful of oil in a deep pan.
  3. Dice the bell pepper and add to the pan: firmer vegetables first, softer ones 3–4 minutes later.
  4. Sauté for 4–5 minutes, season, add 3–4 spoonfuls of water, cover and stew for 12–15 minutes until the vegetables are soft and slightly sweet.
  5. Slice the beef thinly, sear over high heat for 4–5 minutes, then cover and simmer for another 8–10 minutes. Stir into the stew 2–3 minutes before it is done, or serve alongside.
  6. Serve with rice.

Make it tastier

🧄 GarlicMakes the aroma richer — add to the oil at the start or raw into the dressing.
🌶️ Pepper or chiliA pinch adds heat and warmth.
🌿 Fresh herbsDill, parsley or cilantro add freshness at the end.
🫙 Soy sauceA tablespoon at the end of frying instead of salt — the taste gets deeper.

Plate structure

🥦 Vegetables & fruit · ½

Bell pepper

🌾 Whole grains · ¼

Rice (brown or parboiled)

🥩 Protein · ¼

Beef

🫒 Healthy fats

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Plate balance: Well balanced
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Why this kind of plate

The Healthy Eating Plate is a simple visual model of a balanced meal. Instead of counting calories and grams it shows what a plate should look like: half vegetables and fruit, a quarter whole grains, a quarter protein sources, plus a little healthy plant fat.

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