Quick And Easy Mexican Beef And Pasta

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (7 ounce) package fideos pasta (or vermicelli, broken)
• 1 lb beef chuck, trimmed of fat and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce, to taste
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups low sodium beef broth

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, saute fideos or vermicelli in the olive oil until golden (this part smells soooo good!).
• 2 remove to a bowl; set aside.
• 3 in the same skillet, thoroughly brown the beef chuck.
• 4 reduce heat to medium and add onions, celery and garlic.
• 5 cook, stirring constantly, until tender, about 5 minutes.
• 6 add tomato paste; cook another minute.
• 7 stir in tabasco sauce, salt and cumin.
• 8 return fideos or vermicelli to skillet and add beef broth; combine well.
• 9 bring to a boil, lower heat, cover tightly and cook until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes.