Description
This Cuban picadillo recipe is a flavorful, easy-to-make one-pan dish featuring ground beef, a tomato-based sauce, olives, and raisins. It’s a classic Cuban comfort food that’s perfect for a quick weeknight dinner, served over white rice.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup diced green pepper
- 3–4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/3 cup vino seco (dry cooking wine)
- 6 ounces tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste (start with 1/4 teaspoon then adjust from there)
- 1/4 cup Spanish olives, cut in half
- 2 tablespoons raisins (or more to taste), optional
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and green peppers, and sauté for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Add ground beef and cook, breaking the meat apart, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Stir in cooking wine, tomato sauce, cumin, oregano, and salt + pepper to taste. Simmer for 10-12 minutes until fragrant and saucy.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in olives and raisins (if using). Serve with white rice. Enjoy!
Notes
- If you’d like to add chopped potatoes to this Cuban picadillo recipe, peel and cut 2 small Yukon gold potatoes into small cubes. Add them to the skillet in step 3 so they cook with the tomato-based sauce until tender.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Dinner, Lunch
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Cuban
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 271 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 321 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Cholesterol: 54 mg
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