Puerto Rican Style Picadillo
Puerto Rican Style Picadillo is the perfect Spiced Ground Beef recipe to use in Empanadas, Pastelon and other classic boricua dishes! It's seasoned with sofrito, tomato sauce, herbs and olives. It's extremely easy and versatile.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of lean ground beef
- 1/3 cup of homemade sofrito
- 1/3 cup of tomato sauce
- 5 stuffed olives (optional)
- 2 medium potatoes, small cubes (optional)
- 1 packet of sazon with achiote
- 1 tablespoon of adobo all purpose seasoning
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 teaspoon of oregano
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add sofrito to a medium-high heat pan with some olive oil.
- Cook sofrito until aromatic and then tomato sauce. Use tomato paste for a stronger tomato flavor.
- Add seasoning, stuffed olives and potatoes (optional) and cook until brown.
- Reduce heat and simmer until all extra liquid evaporates.
- Drain any excess oil and enjoy.
- Serve with white rice, or use as the main protein for another dish.