Picadillo, Cuban Ground Beef
By
Pamela Rappaport
@Pamelalala
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I lived in Miami for 18 years and fell in love with Cuban food. Picadillo is a traditional Cuban dish and every household does it a little differently. This is how I was taught to make it. Serve it with white rice, sweet plantains, and an avocado salad and you'll think you are in Little Havana!
Ingredients
- 1/4 c
- olive oil
- 2 clove
- garlic, minced
- 1 large
- onion, chopped
- 1 large
- green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 lb
- lean ground beef
- 15 oz
- can diced tomatoes with the juice (or 2 large very ripe tomatoes if you have them!)
- 1/2 tsp
- ground cumin
- salt and pepper
- 1 Tbsp
- apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp
- tomato paste
- 3/4 c
- pimento stuffed green olives, sliced
- 2 Tbsp
- capers
How to Make Picadillo, Cuban Ground Beef
- 1Saute onion, peppers and garlic in oil until tender
- 2Add the ground beef and brown, breaking the meat up. Drain the fat if you like but it's not traditional to do so.
- 3Add tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, salt and pepper, and vinegar. Simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 20 minutes.
- 4Add the olives and capers and warm through.
- 5Serve over white rice
- 6Note - Many recipes call for a cup of raisins.
