Picadillo

Name: Picadillo
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 500g ground beef; 1/4 cup raisins; 1/4 cup green olives; 1 cup tomato sauce; 1 onion, chopped

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About this dish

Ground beef simmered with olives, raisins, and tomato sauce, a sweet-savory Cuban staple.

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Ingredients

🥩500g ground beef

🫘1/4 cup raisins

🫒1/4 cup green olives

🍅1 cup tomato sauce

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Brown the ground beef with onion and garlic.

Add tomato sauce and simmer for about 15 minutes.

Stir in raisins and olives.

Continue simmering until the sauce thickens.

Serve with rice and fried plantain.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Picadillo is a common Cuban home-cooked dish, valued for its distinctive combination of savory beef with sweet raisins and briny olives.

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