How To Make Cuban Picadillo
Try this delicious Cuban Picadillo Recipe for tonight’s dinner meal! Enjoy a classic Latin dish of ground beef, pepper, and spices served with warm rice.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ½large onion,chopped
- 2cloves garlic,minced
- 1tomato,chopped
- ½pepper,finely chopped
- 2tbspcilantro
- 1½lbground beef,93% lean
- 4oztomato sauce,like Goya
- kosher salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1tspground cumin
- 1bay leaf
- 2tbspAlcaparrado,or capers or green olives
Instructions
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Brown meat on high heat in large sauté pan and season with salt and pepper. Use a wooden spoon to break the meat up into small pieces. When meat is no longer pink, drain all juice from pan.
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Meanwhile, while meat is cooking, chop onion, garlic, pepper, tomato, and cilantro.
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Add to the meat and continue cooking on a low flame.
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Add Alcaparrado and about 2 tablespoons of the brine (or the juice from the olives), cumin, bay leaf, and more salt if needed.
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Add tomato sauce and ¼ cup of water and mix well. Reduce heat and simmer covered for about 20 minutes.
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Serve with warm rice and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 307.72kcal
- Fat: 22.92g
- Saturated Fat: 8.64g
- Trans Fat: 1.34g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.11g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.66g
- Carbohydrates: 4.33g
- Fiber: 1.13g
- Sugar: 2.00g
- Protein: 20.29g
- Cholesterol: 80.51mg
- Sodium: 412.31mg
- Calcium: 37.58mg
- Potassium: 465.73mg
- Iron: 2.85mg
- Vitamin A: 20.85µg
- Vitamin C: 13.32mg
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