🇨🇺 Cuba recipe

Picadillo

Picadillo is the quintessential Cuban home-cooked meal, a fragrant skillet of seasoned ground beef studded with briny green olives, tangy capers, and sweet raisins. This beautiful balance of savory, sweet, and sour flavors in one dish is distinctly Cuban. Simple enough for a weeknight dinner yet flavor-packed enough to impress, picadillo is comfort food at its finest, always served over white rice.

Prep10 mins
Cook30 mins
Serves4
Difficultyeasy
Picadillo, a Cuba dish

Ingredients

  • 700g ground beef (80/20 blend)
  • 1 large yellow onion, finely diced
  • 1 large green bell pepper, finely diced
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 can (400g) diced tomatoes with juices
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 80g pimiento-stuffed green olives, halved
  • 2 tablespoons capers, drained
  • 60g raisins
  • 120ml dry white wine
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
320
Protein
22 g
Carbs
18 g
Fat
17 g

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