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Picadillo

Name: Picadillo
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 900 g Ground beef (80/20); 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil; 1 Yellow onion, finely chopped; 1 Green bell pepper, finely chopped; 4 cloves Garlic, minced; 1 tsp Ground cumin; 1 tsp Dried oregano; 15 oz Canned tomato sauce, one can; ¼ cup Dry white wine (optional); ½ cup Pimiento-stuffed green olives, halved; ⅓ cup Raisins; 1 tsp Table salt; ½ tsp Ground black pepper; 2 cups Long-grain white rice, uncooked, for serving

45 minServes 6$59.29

Ground beef is browned with a sofrito of onion, green pepper, and garlic and simmered with tomato sauce, cumin, and oregano, then finished with green olives and raisins for a salty-sweet balance; served with white rice.

Ingredients

900 gGround beef (80/20)Buy 1 package
2 tbspExtra virgin olive oilBuy 1 bottle
1Yellow onionfinely choppedBuy 0.32 lb
1Green bell pepperfinely chopped
4 clovesGarlicmincedBuy 1 head
1 tspGround cuminBuy 1 jar
1 tspDried oreganoBuy 1 jar
15 ozCanned tomato sauceone canBuy 1 can
¼ cupDry white wine (optional)Buy 1 bottle
½ cupPimiento-stuffed green oliveshalvedBuy 1 jar
⅓ cupRaisinsBuy 1 bag
1 tspTable saltBuy 1 canister
½ tspGround black pepperBuy 1 jar
2 cupsLong-grain white riceuncooked, for servingBuy 1 bag

Method

Cook the rice according to its package directions.
Brown the beef in the olive oil, breaking it up; spoon off excess fat.
Add the onion, green pepper, and garlic and cook until soft, then stir in the cumin and oregano.
Add the tomato sauce, the wine if using, salt, and pepper and simmer 15 minutes.
Stir in the olives and raisins and simmer 5 minutes more; serve with the rice.