Cuban Picadillo

This is an easy picadillo recipe that combines beef, olives, and sweet peppers served over black beans and rice with a fried plantain.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 539 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups raisins
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
• 3 pounds ground beef
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 2 (8 ounce) jars green olives, drained and chopped
• 0.5 onion, chopped
• 0.5 cup water
• 0.5 bunch cilantro

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook and stir ground beef in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat until crumbly and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Pour off any excess grease.

Step 2

Stir onion and garlic into beef; cook for 2 minutes. Add bell peppers, raisins, olives, tomato paste, water, and cilantro; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until peppers have cooked to your liking, about 10 minutes.