Puerto Rican Picadillo
Puerto Rican picadillo is savory ground beef cooked with onions, peppers, potatoes and olives in sofrito sauce. This Puerto Rican comfort food is super easy to put together on a busy weeknight.
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 tbsp sofrito
- 1/2 tbsp chicken or beef bouillon paste Better than Bouillon
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 1/4 green bell pepper finely diced
- 1/4 red bell pepper finely diced
- 1/2 potato diced
- 2 tbsp green pimento stuffed olives sliced or diced
- 1 tbsp raisins optional
- 1 tsp adobo
- 1 tsp sazón
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp ground oregano
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Dice the potatoes and boil them in water for about 10 minutes. They will continue to cook in the picadillo later.
- Brown your ground beef and remove any excess fat from your skillet.
- Add sofrito, tomato sauce, onions and peppers. Add seasonings and cook for a few minutes until the vegetables become tender.
- Add the potatoes, olives and raisins (if using). Add a little water if the picadillo dries up. Allow the picadillo to continue cooking until the potatoes are tender.
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