Cuban Picadillo

Photo: Cary Bass · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Savory-sweet ground beef simmered with tomatoes, potatoes, olives and warm spices. Spoon over white rice with fried plantains.

Ingredients

• 1⅓ lb ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 green pepper
• 4 garlic cloves
• 14 oz tomato sauce
• 12 oz potatoes, small dice
• ⅓ cup green olives
• 1½ cups rice

From your pantry: 2 tbsp oil, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp oregano, ¼ cup raisins (optional), 1 tbsp vinegar, salt.

Instructions

1. Fry the diced potatoes in the oil until golden, 8 minutes. Remove. Start the rice.
2. Brown the beef with the onion, pepper and garlic, breaking it up, 8 minutes.
3. Add the spices, tomato sauce, raisins, vinegar and ½ cup water. Simmer 10 minutes.
4. Stir in the potatoes and olives and simmer 5 more minutes.
5. Serve over rice.

Tip: Picadillo makes great empanada, taco or stuffed-pepper filling too.

Nutrition per serving

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