Puerto Rican Picadillo
Puerto Rican Picadillo

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, puerto rican picadillo. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

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