Holy calories! Is that a typo?
Nope, it's true—540 cals per serving and a whopping 1,070 cals in an entire double serving. If you're embarking on a long-distance hike, or just burning a ton of calories, look no further. This is our highest calorie entrée.
Is this meal spicy?
Not so much hot, as it is flavorful. Poblano, black pepper and cumin come together to create big, bold flavors with a balanced spice. If spicy-hot just isn't your thing, have no fear! This is a mild dish.
X Tear pouch open and REMOVE oxygen absorber.
X SINGLE SERVING Add a little less than one and a quarter cups (275ML) of BOILING (yes, boiling) water to bag.
X DOUBLE SERVING Add a little less than two and a half cups (550ML) of BOILING (yes, boiling) water to bag.
X STIR and reseal. HANG OUT for 12 minutes. Think about how big the universe is.
X OPEN. STIR AGAIN. EAT. SMILE.
X Rehydration will take LONGER at higher altitudes.
Cuban food to go? You bet. Big, bold flavors with a balanced spice take this rice bowl to new heights. The combination of rice and beans creates a complete protein—providing you with the all the amino acids you need to go that extra mile. While this meal is vegetarian, even the hungriest of carnivores will appreciate the 15g of protein per serving, or 30g if you prefer a double serving. Garlic crema sauce and plantains create unique flavors you’ll find in no other camp meal.
Cuban Rice Bowl
INGREDIENTS: (notice how many you can pronounce!)
Onion, Instant Long Grain Rice, Dried Black Beans, Poblano Pepper, Sour Cream Powder (Cultured Cream, Nonfat Milk), Plantain Chips (Plantain, Non Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Salt), Garlic, Dried Tomato Flakes, Grapeseed Oil, Sweet Rice Flour, Cilantro, Red Wine Vinegar, Dried Leeks, Ground Cumin, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Dried Cilantro, Crystallized Lime (Citric Acid, Lime Oil, Lime Juice)
CONTAINS: Milk
I bought this again because it was one of my favorites last time on the trail.
It's too spicy to be a "Cuban" rice bowl (source: I'm Cuban) but it's still a good mix of wholesome food at a decent 123 kcal/oz and 116 kcal/$. I cold soaked it (despite the label being adamant you needed boiling water) and it worked fine after 1-2 hours of soaking, and the spiciness did help when eating it cold. This is a good base if you want to add more fresh ingredients to it, but it works perfectly fine on its own. This will probably be my go-to prepared meal going forward.
The Cuban Rice Bowl is one of my "go-to" meals when I need a pre-packaged meal. I really like the blend of spices, beans, rice, and plantains.
So many nuanced flavors. Totally satisfying. They are all great, but this may be my new favorite.
Added some slices of pre-cooked bacon and avocado into a wrap and it was good.
