Simple Picadillo Recipe
Picadillo is a traditional Spanish meal, and like many such dishes it has a ton of variations. This particular recipe is simple, and of a Cuban origin. It can quickly become your own homemade sloppy joe recipe too!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 medium red bell pepper chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano crumbled
- 1 ½ tablespoons cumin
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- ounce One 15- can tomato sauce
- 1 cup beef stock or low-sodium broth
- Salt
- Ground pepper
- ½ cup sliced pitted green olives Optional
- ⅓ cup yellow raisins Optional
- Steamed rice for serving
Instructions
- In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add the ground beef, oregano, and cumin (and olives and raisins, if using) and cook. When the beef is no longer pink, add the Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce and stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Serve with steamed rice – or rice and black beans, or as a healthier alternative, with quinoa.