Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
- Make ready 3 lbs. Ground Chuck
- Take 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- Take 6-10 Cloves Minced Garlic (your preference)
- Make ready 1 Medium / Large Onion Cubed
- Take 1 Green Bell Pepper Cubed
- Get 1/3-1/2 Cup Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
- Prepare 1 packet Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Take 1/3 Cup toasted Almonds
- Make ready 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
- Make ready 2 Bay Leaves
- Take 1 can Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- Take 2 Tbsp White Vinegar
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.
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