Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, picadillo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
There is a Cuban restaurant in the Miami Airport called La Carreta. They serve picadillo there, but this has SO much more flavor - I love the sweetness of the raisins against the capers & olives, along with all the spices. Add ground beef and olives and continue stirring to break.
Picadillo is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Picadillo is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have picadillo using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Picadillo:
- Take ground beef/pork/chicken
- Take onion, chopped
- Prepare garlic, chopped
- Get oregano
- Make ready fish sauce (optional)
- Prepare cooking oil
- Make ready salt and black pepper
- Get water/beef broth or dissolved beef buillon cube
- Make ready tomato sauce
- Get tomato paste
- Make ready large potatoes (cubed)
- Get carrots (cubed)
- Get raisins
- Prepare green peas
- Get Green pitted olives (optional)
It is often served with rice (hence it is commonly known in the Philippines as arroz a la cubana. Here are a couple of variations that we like. You can add ½ cup chopped white onion if you like. Add the onion at the same time you add the potatoes and carrots.
Steps to make Picadillo:
- Saute garlic and onion in oil. Set aside. Cook ground beef/pork/chicken in oil until brown.
- If you want potatoes to be a bit crunchy you may cook them in oil too before mixing it with cooked ground meat, carrots and green peas.
- Add water/beef broth and bring to boil. Add raisins and olives. Pour tomato sauce and tomato paste and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until sauce reduces.
- Season with oregano, salt, fish sauce and black pepper. Best served with white rice or corn bread and fried plantain bananas.
This is a dish I grew up eating as a kid, and I always loved when my Mom was making it. My friends also loved eating over on nights picadillo was on the menu. I also have a Slow Cooker Picadillo, an Instant Pot Picadillo version, some great ways to use leftovers are Picadillo Empanadas made in the air fryer or Picadillo. Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe - fragrant, flavorful ground beef stew with olives and raisins. Makes an easy and no-fuss lazy weeknight meal or for parties served as stuffing for bell peppers, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and empanadas.
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