Puerto Rican Picadillo
Puerto Rican Picadillo

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

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