Simple Way to Make Homemade Puerto Rican Picadillo

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, puerto rican picadillo. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:

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