Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something which I have loved my entire life.
A classic, home-style, Latin American dish. There are many variations, but this is my favorite so far! The picadillo meat is used in various Puerto Rican recipes.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
- Get 3 lbs. Ground Chuck
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- Prepare 6-10 Cloves Minced Garlic (your preference)
- Make ready 1 Medium / Large Onion Cubed
- Get 1 Green Bell Pepper Cubed
- Make ready 1/3-1/2 Cup Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
- Get 1 packet Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Take 1/3 Cup toasted Almonds
- Take 2/3 Cup halved Green Olives
- Make ready 1/3 Cup Capers
- Get 1/2 Cup Raisins
- Take 1 tsp. each Salt and Pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
- Prepare 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
- Take 2 Bay Leaves
- Take 1 can Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- Prepare 2 Tbsp White Vinegar
Please share with those that you think might like to make it. How to Make Carne Molida (Puerto Rican Picadillo). Begin with adding the ground meat to a skillet over medium heat. Break ground meat apart with a spoon or spatula.
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.
Puerto Rican Picadillo recipe: Try this Puerto Rican Picadillo recipe, or contribute your own. Puerto Rican Recipes and Puerto Rican style dishes. Enjoy these Tostone Nachos with beef picadillo, cheese and avocado or use your favorite toppings! This Puerto Rican Lasagna uses sweet fried plantains instead of lasagna noodles. Picadillo came to Puerto Rico via Cuba, and we have adopted it because of its versatility.
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