Picadillo

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 30 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 20 min
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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 pounds lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped white onion chopped

1/2 cup diced red bell pepper

1/2 cup diced yellow bell pepper

1/2 tablespoon chopped garlic

3 bay leaves

1 teaspoon toasted ground cumin

1/4 cup sliced green olives

1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

1/4 cup golden raisins

3/4 cup tomato paste

1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Begin by heating a medium Dutch oven over high heat. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and the ground beef; be sure to distribute it evenly throughout the pan. Allow to brown on the bottom without moving it for 5 minutes. As the meat begins to loose its red tint start mixing in onion, peppers, garlic, bay leaves and cumin. Let it cook for 7 minutes until the vegetables become translucent. Then add olives, almonds, raisins, tomato paste and parsley. Make sure to mix it thoroughly with a spoon so that the tomato paste is well incorporated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Anonymous

This is my go to recipe for Picadillo and it has been for years! The taste is amazing and the texture juxtapositions between the beef, the almonds and the raisins is amazing! 

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