Kays Mexican Pork Rice

  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
3/4 lb pork chops ( steaks, ceter cut its your choice)1 cup rice1/2 cup vidalia onion choped1/2 cup green bell pepper choped 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper choped2 medium banana peppers diced1/4 cup mushrooms (how ever you like them)6 tsp your favorite (low sodium) taco sesoning4 slices of your favorite 2% american Cheese1Tbs country crock spread1Tbs olive Oil
Directions
In a large nonstick skillet melt country crock and add olive oil. Trim fat and any bones from pork. Cut it to bite size pieces. Season to your taste. Add pork to skillet cooking about 3 minutes on each side to brown. You don’t want to cook it completely because it will cook more later on. Once pork is brown remove from skillet. To skillet and onions, all the peppers, and the mushrooms. Cook about 5 minutes browning, slightly. Add rice stirring to brown slightly. Add about 1 1/2 cup water and taco seasoning. Stirring to blend well. Once this reaches a boil add the pork. Stirring to mix everything well. Reduce heat to simmer. Stirs occasionally add more water as need. You don’t want it very soupy
. Once rice is done and most of the liquid has evaporated turn heat off. Place the slice of cheese on top of mixture. Let set for a few minutes until cheese is melted. Makes 6 3/4 cup servings.


Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CKNTRUTH.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 229.2
  • Total Fat: 10.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 44.8 mg
  • Sodium: 290.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 19.6 g

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