Puerto Rican Picadillo

close up of a cast iron with puerto rican picadillo with a wood spoon. Next to it it has a small white dish with olives and parsley.

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5 from 4 votes

This Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe is one you will love because of how flavorful and easy it is to make.

Prep Time3

Cook Time12

Total Time15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Latin, Puerto Rican

Servings:

Calories: 305kcal

Author: Stephenie

Ingredients

1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons sofrito
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 ½ teaspoons sazón
1 teaspoon adobo
¼ cup manzanilla olives
½ cup water

Instructions

In a large pan over high heat, add sofrito and tomato sauce. Cook for about 2 minutes. Make sure to mix this a couple of times to make sure the sofrito doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
Add your meat, sazón, adobo, olives, and water. Break up the meat while it cooks. This is to avoid having lumps of beef. Cook for 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy.

Notes

1. For this recipe I used ground beef but you can use the same recipe for ground turkey or ground chicken.

2. If you want your meat to get crispy, just cook it for about another 4 minutes without moving the meat so the bottom can get nice and crispy.

3. If you want the meat to be very saucy, I suggest you cook it with a lid on so you can trap most of the juices and avoid a lot of water evaporation.

4. This recipe yields four 4 portions but this is if you are planning to eat it as a main dish with vegetables or rice. But if this recipe is to use as a filling it would yield more portions.

5. You can add different veggies to this and it will only make the recipe better. You can add 1 small cubed potato. To make this recipe with a potato add 1 tablespoon of olive oil or any oil you use for cooking, and brown the potato for about 2 minutes and then follow the recipe.

Remember that this recipe is perfect to be a filling for many recipes. You can make empanadas, burritos, tacos, nachos, and many other recipes.

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