Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe
Puerto Rican Picadillo is a delicious and flexible ground beef dish common in PuertoRican cooking.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup stuffed green olives sliced
- 1/4 cup raisins optional
- 1 tablespoon capers optional
- 1 packet of sazon with achiote
- 1 tablespoon sofrito optional but recommended
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped (optional, for garnish)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- In a large pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high flame.
- Now, add the ground beef and cook it until turned brown, breaking it up with a spoon as it cooks. You can also drain the excess fat if required.
- You can add the chopped onion, minced garlic, and green bell peppers to the pan.
- Cook the vegetables until they’re soft by stirring occasionally for around 5-7 minutes.
- Add the tomato sauce, capers, raisins, olives, sofrito, sazon, oregano, salt and black pepper.
- You can reduce the heat to medium-low and let it cook for around 15-20 minutes to allow the flavors meld together. Stir occasionally.
- You can taste and adjust the seasoning with more salt and spices.
- If your mixture is too thick, you can add some water or beef broth so that the mixture reaches its desired level of consistency.
- Remove it from the heat and add chopped cilantro.
- You can serve the picadillo with fried plantains, white rice or as a filling for tacos, empanadas or stuffed peppers.