Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Authentic Puerto Rican Picadillo The picadillo meat is used in various Puerto Rican recipes. Traditional recipes include alcapurrias (a popular fried finger food using masa dough and picadillo as a filling), pastelillos de carne (meat turnovers using a flaky dough surrounding the picadillo meat), and many other island recipes. Puerto Rican picadillo uses sofrito, which is a traditional, flavorful condiment of Puerto Rico. You can learn how to make Puerto Rican sofrito when you click this link.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
- Prepare 3 lbs. Ground Chuck
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- Make ready 6-10 Cloves Minced Garlic (your preference)
- Make ready 1 Medium / Large Onion Cubed
- Prepare 1 Green Bell Pepper Cubed
- Get 1/3-1/2 Cup Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
- Take 1 packet Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Take 1/3 Cup toasted Almonds
- Get 2/3 Cup halved Green Olives
- Prepare 1/3 Cup Capers
- Take 1/2 Cup Raisins
- Take 1 tsp. each Salt and Pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- Take 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
- Take 2 Bay Leaves
- Take 1 can Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- Prepare 2 Tbsp White Vinegar
It is very similar to a Cuban, Dominican and Mexican Picadillo recipe with slightly different spices and ingredients and is used in a variety of Puerto Rican dishes. Directions In a large stainless-steel frying pan, cook the ground beef until it is no longer pink. Add the onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften,. Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe - fragrant, flavorful ground beef stew with olives and raisins.
Instructions to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
- In 1 Tbsp Olive Oil, sweat the Onion, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Sofrito, and Sazon for 5-6 minutes. Remove and set aside in bowl.
- Add remaining Tbsp of Olive Oil and brown Ground Chuck. When browned, drain fat and add Onion, Bell Pepper, Garlic and Sofrito mixture to skillet and set aside.
- In small skillet, simmer Vinegar, Olives, Capers, Raisins, Salt and Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves and Bay leaves for up to 10 - 12 minutes stirring to distribute flavors.
- In separate skillet, toast the almonds. You want them brown, but not burned. These add a very nice texture!! When done, add them to the meat mixture.
- At this point, add the Olive and Caper mixture (in step 3) to the Ground Chuck mixture. Add Almonds and Diced Tomatoes. Bring up to heat and turn to simmer for approximately one hour. You're going to LOVE how your house is smelling.
- There's just something about my Caldero that makes this so much better. Not necessary though.
Add the onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften,. 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. Great with rice, or as a filling for empanadas, papas rellenos and tacos! (Popular in Cuban and Latin American cuisine). My Puerto Rican recipe series continues.
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