Mexican-Style Peppers and Onions
We serve this as a quick healthy side dish to a mexican meal. This would also be delicious as a burrito filling on its own or with some black beans. Originally served as part of: Tamales and Peppers & Onions.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 cup onion (peeled and sliced)
- 1 cup orange bell pepper (sliced)
- 4 ounces white button mushrooms
- kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon seed cumin
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
- 1 medium lime
Instructions
We start by heating our saute pan over medium heat with the olive oil. We add the onions, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for about 5 minutes while we prep some more ingredients.
We wipe the mushrooms with a damp cloth and slice. We get about 2 cups of sliced mushrooms. We also mince the garlic, yielding about 1/2 tablespoon.
We add the peppers to the onions and cook for another 5 minutes. Next we add the mushrooms. After cooking for 3 minutes, we raise the heat to medium, and add a little salt. We cook for a few more minutes and then add the cumin seed and garlic. We lower the heat and cook for a couple more minutes.
Meanwhile, we chop the cilantro and juice half of the lime. The remaining half of lime we slice to use as garnish.
We stir the cilantro and lime juice into the cooked vegetables and serve.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 cup onion (sliced)
- 4 oz white button mushrooms
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup orange bell pepper (sliced)
- kosher salt
- ½ tsp cumin seed
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 1 medium lime
Instructions
What's a kid job?
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- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
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Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat, add the onion, lower to medium-low, and cook about 5 minutes.
Grown-up
Meanwhile, wipe and slice the mushrooms (about 2 cups) and mince the garlic (about ½ tablespoon).
Add the pepper and cook 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms for 3 minutes, raise to medium, salt, and cook a few minutes more. Add the cumin seed and garlic, lower the heat, and cook a couple of minutes.
Kid job
Snip the cilantro with kitchen scissors. Squeeze half the lime and stir the juice and cilantro into the vegetables. Serve with the other half in slices.