Picadillo

Cooking Time

Cook

25 minutes

Total

25 minutes

Servings

6

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 pepper, finely chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 2 tbsp cilantro
• 4 oz tomato sauce
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1-2 dried bay leaves
• 2 tbsp pitted green olives or capers

Directions

Step 1

Brown meat on high heat in large sauté pan and season with salt and pepper. Use a wooden spoon to break the meat up into small pieces. When meat is no longer pink, drain all juice from pan.

Step 2

Meanwhile, while meat is cooking, chop onion, garlic, pepper, tomato and cilantro.

Step 3

Add chopped ingredients to the cooked meat and continue cooking on low heat. Add olives or capers and about 2 to 4 tbsp of the brine (the juice from the olives, this adds great flavor), cumin, bay leaf, and more salt if needed. Add tomato sauce and 1/4 cup of water, then mix well.

Step 4

Reduce heat and simmer covered for about 20 minutes.