Recipe of Quick Puerto Rican Picadillo

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, puerto rican picadillo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:

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

Steps 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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