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Burrito Bowl | Weight Watchers

This tasty Burrito Bowl makes a fantastic, filling meal served on its own in a bowl and topped with a dollop of fat free yogurt and sliced onion. Low in Points, each portion works out at approx 1 ⅔ cup.
Course Main Courses
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword weight watchers burrito, weight watchers mexican food
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 374kcal
Author Marianne

Ingredients

  • 1 medium onion finely chopped
  • 1 medium bell pepper finely chopped
  • 1 tsp onion powder / granules
  • 1 tsp garlic powder / granules
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1.5 tsp paprika
  • 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 0.25 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 16 oz ground beef - 5% fat (450g)
  • 1 can black beans 1 x 15oz / 425g can (drained)
  • 1 can sweetcorn 1 x 8.5oz / 248g can (drained)
  • 1 can diced tomatoes 1 x 15oz / 425g can
  • 1 cup rice (*brown if following Purple plan) (200g)
  • 1 stock cube / bouillon cube either beef or vegetable
  • 2 cups water (240ml)
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Instructions

  • Chop the onion and pepper into small pieces and set aside.
  • Mix the onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper into a small bowl and set aside
  • Heat the oil in a large skillet over a medium heat.
  • Add the chopped onions and peppers and saute for 6 - 8 minutes, stirring often, until they have softened.
  • Add the ground beef and use a wooden spoon or fork to break it all up.
  • Cook for a further 6 - 8 minutes until the beef has cooked and has lost all of its pinkness.
  • Add the spice mix, stir and cook for 1 minute before adding in the beans, corn and canned tomatoes.
  • Stir well so that it is all combined.
  • Dissolve the stock cube / bouillon in the 2 cups of hot water and add to the mixture.
  • Finally stir in the rice.
  • Give the mixture a good stir and bring it to the boil.
  • Reduce the heat then leave to simmer slowly for 15 - 20 minutes (stirring often to prevent it sticking to the pan) until the most of the liquid has been absorbed by the rice.
  • Remove from the heat and serve hot.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

* If you are following the WW Purple plan you must use brown rice for this recipe to work out at 3 SmartPoints per portion. If you use white rice it works out at 6 SmartPoints per portion.
Please be aware that the nutritional information has been automatically generated.  It should therefore be considered as an estimate.
The nutritional information does not account for variations in product brands and types, weights of individual ingredients etc and does not account for many ingredients being zero SmartPoints on the WW plan. Therefore, using these numbers in your WW calculator will often give you an INACCURATE SmartPoint value!
PointedKitchen.com has calculated Weight Watchers Smart Points based on the individual ingredients used to make this recipe and not from the following nutritional information. 

Nutrition

Serving: 2/3 cups | Calories: 374kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 783mg | Potassium: 844mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 5g