Picadillo

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Picadillo is simply a meaty, saucy crockery recovered passim Latin America, often made with crushed beef. This Puerto Rican-style picadillo is akin to Cuban and Dominican versions, which trust connected sofrito oregon recaito, a pureed oregon finely minced basal of onions, garlic, mild peppers, cilantro and its much pungent cousin, culantro. (You tin acquisition premade sofrito, oregon you tin marque your own.) But this look allows you to skip the sofrito altogether. Another timesaving technique? Make a batch of sazon, the seasoning brackish that deepens flavors of meat, vegetables, soups, stews, beans, roasts, eggs and more, and usage it successful spot of the brackish and each of the spices listed successful the look below.

There’s besides a vegan version, made with lentils.

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From unit writer G. Daniela Galarza

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tiny yellowish bulb (4 ounces to 5 ounces), finely chopped
1/2 doorbell pepper, immoderate color, finely chopped (optional)
5 stems caller cilantro and their leaves, chopped
2 ail cloves, minced oregon finely grated
1 lb thin crushed beef
1/2 spoon good oversea brackish oregon array salt, positive much arsenic needed
1 spoon crushed cumin
1/2 spoon paprika (any kind)
1/2 spoon dried oregano
1/4 spoon crushed achromatic pepper
1 (15-ounce) tin crushed oregon diced tomatoes, preferably with nary brackish added
2 tablespoons herb paste
1/4 cupful acheronian oregon aureate raisins (optional)
1/4 cupful pimento-stuffed greenish olives, halved (optional)
Steamed atom for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
249
Fat
20 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
8 g
Sodium
259 mg
Cholesterol
54 mg
Protein
15 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From unit writer G. Daniela Galarza

Tested by G. Daniela Galarza.

Published February 20, 2021

Updated March 17, 2026