In our modern world, full of hustle and bustle, sometimes there is no time to prepare high-quality quality food. After all, food should contain both vitamins and minerals, and at the same time not be high-calorie. Some cook a few days in advance to shorten the hours spent behind the stove. And many do sin fast food. Is there a way out of this situation? Frozen vegetables will come to the rescue.
Pros of Frozen Vegetable Mixes
One of the most popular is the Mexican mix. Mix of vegetables is a low-calorie, but nutritious dish. For example, a Mexican mixture with rice contains about 150-160 kcal per 100 g. And the cooking time is only 10 minutes.
You can often hear statements that frozen vegetables do not contain anything useful. This is a categorically incorrect opinion. Nowadays, vegetables are frozen by quick freezing, which prevents valuable qualities from disappearing from the products.
One of the main advantages is that during cooking you do not have to waste time cleaning vegetables. In frozen mixtures, all vegetables are ready to eat. There are many recipes on how to cook a Mexican mix with rice, a dish that even the most inexperienced housewife manages. By adding certain ingredients or spices, you can get completely different dishes that will delight you and your loved ones.
Mexican mix with rice is one of the easiest to prepare dishes with a very fresh taste that can be felt all year round. The composition of the mixture may vary from different manufacturers, but the basis always includes carrots, bell peppers, onions, green beans and zucchini.
How to choose frozen vegetables?
Manufacturers are doing everything possible so that we have quality products on our table. They use the latest methods of freezing for this. But how to choose vegetable mixes so that the dish is really as useful as possible and at the same time gives aesthetic pleasure?
- Vegetables should be free of snow and ice, the presence of which indicates repeated freezing.
- Sliced vegetables should be a natural color, dull vegetables were frozen for a long time at the wrong temperatures.
- Vegetables should be shaped and not crumble into pieces.
How to use a vegetable mixture?
Mexican mix with rice is a versatile dish suitable for cooking in all ways: boil, stew, fry and even bake. Mix can be used as a side dish, which goes well with meat, chicken and vegetables, and can also be used as a separate dish, mixed with rice, potatoes or meat. The vegetable mix is very good as a topping for pizza, as well as an omelet filler.
Mexican Recipes
It is very easy to cook rice with a Mexican mixture. The recipe is very simple. Its big plus is that depending on the method of cooking vegetables, different dishes will be obtained.
The simplest recipe: first you need to boil 150 g of rice. 200-300 g of vegetables can also be boiled in water or steamed, add salt and spices to taste. Then mix rice and vegetables. The dish is ready! This method is very fond of athletes and girls on a diet.
The Mexican mixture with rice is very easily prepared according to the following recipe: put the mixture in a pan with oil and fry until cooked, add spices and soy sauce. Pour cooked rice into the prepared mixture, mix everything and leave on the stove for another 5-10 minutes. If you like seafood, then you can add shrimps pre-fried with garlic to the same mixture. This will give the dish a completely different sound. You will taste the Mediterranean food.
You can also cook rice with a Mexican mix in a slow cooker. In this case, about 400 g of the mixture is added to a glass of rice. Put all this in a bowl, add water, salt and pepper. Turn on the “Rice” function and leave to cook. After 10 minutes, pour in about 150 g of cream. Mix everything and cook until tender. In a slow cooker there is no need to constantly monitor the contents. Often, stirring is also not worth it; this can turn vegetables into unpresentable porridge.
It is easy to understand that even a child can cook rice with a Mexican mixture, the recipe of which is simple and does not require high culinary abilities. Therefore, let the mixture of the mixture always lie in your freezer, then there will always be a ready-made mouth-watering dish at hand and no unexpected guest on the doorstep is afraid of you.