Puerto Rican Picadillo
Puerto Rican Picadillo

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Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something which I have loved my entire life.

Authentic Puerto Rican Picadillo The picadillo meat is used in various Puerto Rican recipes. Traditional recipes include alcapurrias (a popular fried finger food using masa dough and picadillo as a filling), pastelillos de carne (meat turnovers using a flaky dough surrounding the picadillo meat), and many other island recipes. Puerto Rican picadillo uses sofrito, which is a traditional, flavorful condiment of Puerto Rico.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Prepare 3 lbs. Ground Chuck
  2. Get 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  3. Make ready 6-10 Cloves Minced Garlic (your preference)
  4. Make ready 1 Medium / Large Onion Cubed
  5. Take 1 Green Bell Pepper Cubed
  6. Get 1/3-1/2 Cup Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
  7. Get 1 packet Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
  8. Make ready 1/3 Cup toasted Almonds
  9. Prepare 2/3 Cup halved Green Olives
  10. Make ready 1/3 Cup Capers
  11. Get 1/2 Cup Raisins
  12. Make ready 1 tsp. each Salt and Pepper
  13. Prepare 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
  14. Prepare 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
  15. Take 2 Bay Leaves
  16. Take 1 can Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
  17. Take 2 Tbsp White Vinegar

It is very similar to a Cuban, Dominican and Mexican Picadillo recipe with slightly different spices and ingredients and is used in a variety of Puerto Rican dishes. Puerto Rican Picadillo Hello everybody, it's me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. It is one of my favorites food recipes.

Steps to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
  1. In 1 Tbsp Olive Oil, sweat the Onion, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Sofrito, and Sazon for 5-6 minutes. Remove and set aside in bowl.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. There's just something about my Caldero that makes this so much better. Not necessary though.

This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. Authentic Puerto Rican Picadillo The picadillo meat is used in various Puerto Rican recipes. Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe - fragrant, flavorful ground beef stew with olives and raisins. Makes an easy and no-fuss lazy weeknight meal or for parties served as stuffing for bell peppers, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and empanadas. Picadillo is our version of chili without beans or sloppy Joe meat and is used as a main meal or as.

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