Recipe: Perfect Puerto Rican Picadillo

Puerto Rican Picadillo. The picadillo meat is used in various Puerto Rican recipes. Puerto Rican Sofrito (recaíto) is used in this recipe and is, in my opinion, the seasoning that makes this meal absolutely amazing. The first is for Puerto Rican Picadillo, which is a ground beef hash.

Today's video is a classic Puerto Rican dish, picadillo. Picadillo is our version of chili without beans or sloppy Joe meat and is used as a main meal or as. How to Make Carne Molida (Puerto Rican Picadillo). You can have Puerto Rican Picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Puerto Rican Picadillo

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

Begin with adding the ground meat to a skillet over medium heat. Break ground meat apart with a spoon or spatula. 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.

Puerto Rican Picadillo instructions

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..

Puerto Rican Recipes and Puerto Rican style dishes. Pastelón - this Puerto Rican lasagna is made with sweet slices of plantains instead of noodles, flavorful beef picadillo and lots of cheese! Since my heritage is Puerto Rican, I grew up on Cuban cuisine as well as native ones. One of my favorites is picadillo. This is very close to the way my mother made the dish.