Veggie Bowl

Veggie Bowl, the way we make it

Make it at home

Ingredients

• 1 cup long-grain white rice
• 1 ½ cups chicken or vegetable broth
• ½ cup tomato purée
• 1 tbsp neutral oil
• 1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
• ½ tsp cumin
• Salt to taste
• 1 medium zucchini, diced
• 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
• ½ white onion, small dice
• 1 serrano or jalapeño, minced
• 1 tbsp butter or oil
• **Guacamole:** 2 ripe avocados, juice of 1 lime, ¼ white onion minced, 1 tbsp cilantro, salt
• **Pico de Gallo:** 2 Roma tomatoes diced, ¼ white onion minced, 1 jalapeño minced, juice of 1 lime, cilantro, salt
• ¼ cup Mexican crema or sour cream
• Handful of tortilla chips
• Fresh cilantro and lime wedges to serve

Instructions

1. 1

   **Make the rice:** Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high. Toast dry rice until lightly golden, about 3 minutes. Add tomato purée and stir 1 minute. Pour in broth, season with salt, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 18 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

2. 2

   **Warm the beans:** Combine drained black beans in a small saucepan with cumin, a pinch of salt, and a splash of water. Heat over medium-low until warmed through, about 5 minutes.

3. 3

   **Make the calabacitas:** Heat butter in a skillet over medium-high. Sauté onion and jalapeño until soft, 3 minutes. Add zucchini and corn, season with salt, and cook until zucchini is just tender and lightly golden, about 5–6 minutes.

4. 4

   **Make guacamole:** Mash avocados with lime juice, onion, cilantro, and salt until creamy but slightly chunky. Adjust seasoning.

5. 5

   **Make pico de gallo:** Combine tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and lime juice. Season with salt and let sit 5 minutes for flavors to meld.

6. 6

   **Assemble:** Warm a wide bowl. Add rice to one side and beans to the other. Nestle calabacitas in the center. Add a scoop of guacamole, a spoonful of pico de gallo, and drizzle crema across the top.

7. 7

   **Finish:** Tuck a handful of tortilla chips around the edge, scatter fresh cilantro over everything, and add two lime wedges on the side. Serve immediately.

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