Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, puerto rican picadillo. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:
- Make ready lbs. Ground Chuck
- Take Olive Oil
- Prepare Minced Garlic (your preference)
- Take Medium / Large Onion Cubed
- Take Green Bell Pepper Cubed
- Prepare Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
- Get Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Get toasted Almonds
- Prepare halved Green Olives
- Make ready Capers
- Get Raisins
- Get each Salt and Pepper
- Make ready Ground Cinnamon
- Prepare Ground Cloves
- Prepare Bay Leaves
- Take Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- Make ready 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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