**Picadillo Estilo Cubano: A Flavorful and Versatile Dish with Endless Possibilities**
Picadillo Estilo Cubano is a delectable dish that captures the essence of Cuban cuisine. This savory mixture of ground beef, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and a blend of aromatic spices dances on the palate, delivering a symphony of flavors. Served traditionally with white rice and maduros (sweet plantains), picadillo transforms into a hearty and comforting meal.
Beyond the classic recipe, picadillo's versatility shines through its adaptability to various dietary preferences and culinary creativity. For vegetarians, a plant-based version replaces ground beef with a medley of vegetables, while a gluten-free rendition swaps traditional flour with alternative thickeners.
For those seeking culinary adventures, picadillo serves as an ideal base for experimentation. Add a touch of heat with jalapeños or chili powder, or infuse it with a hint of sweetness using raisins or prunes. The options are boundless, encouraging home cooks to explore their culinary imagination.
But fear not, traditionalists! The article also includes the classic Picadillo Estilo Cubano recipe, meticulously detailed to ensure every bite bursts with authentic Cuban flavor. Each recipe is crafted with care, guiding you through the culinary journey of creating this beloved dish, whether you're a seasoned chef or a novice in the kitchen.
EASY & AUTHENTIC CUBAN PICADILLO
Learn how to make flavorful and authentic Cuban picadillo at home with this simple 30-minute recipe. Made stovetop, it features ground beef, tomato sauce, select spices, olives, and raisins. Serve with rice for an easy weeknight dinner.
Provided by Jamie Silva
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and green peppers and, sauté for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Next, add ground beef and cook, breaking the meat apart, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat down to medium-low.
- Stir in cooking wine, tomato sauce, cumin, oregano, and, salt + pepper to taste. Simmer for 10-12 minutes until fragrant and saucy.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in olives and raisins (if using). Serve with white rice. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 271 kcal, Carbohydrate 5 g, Protein 14 g, Sodium 321 mg, Fat 21 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 54 mg, Sugar 2 g, Fiber 1 g, TransFat 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 12 g
CUBAN PICADILLO RECIPE
Picadillo is classic Cuban comfort food, made from ground meat mixed with a flavorful combination of olives, capers, and raisins
Provided by María del Mar Cuadra
Categories Mains
Time 40m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, and bay leaves and cook until fragrant and tomato paste darkens in color, about 2 minutes. Add wine and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes.
- Add meat and cook, stirring and breaking up chunks, until no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, raisins, olives, capers, brine, and potatoes. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 12 minutes.
- Remove cover and season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove and discard bay leaves. Serve with white rice and black beans.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 349 kcal, Carbohydrate 19 g, Cholesterol 76 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 25 g, SaturatedFat 6 g, Sodium 492 mg, Sugar 7 g, Fat 19 g, ServingSize serves 8, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
CUBAN-STYLE PICADILLO
Eli Gorelick of West Orange, New Jersey, writes: "As a kid growing up in Cuba, I worked alongside my mother every day in the kitchen, learning how to make specialties like picadillo and fried bananas. I still think Havana has the best Cuban food in the world, and I continue to love the recipes I learned during my childhood."
Provided by Eli Gorelick
Categories Beef Olive Sauté Quick & Easy Dinner Raisin Meat Ground Beef Bon Appétit New Jersey Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oil in large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, and bay leaves; sauté until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add beef; sauté until cooked, breaking up with back of fork, about 7 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients. Simmer until picadillo thickens, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves. Serve picadillo warm.
AUTHENTIC MEXICAN PICADILLO
Picadillo is a popular dish in most South American cuisines. It is made with lean ground beef (or can be made with ground turkey as well), tomatoes, potatoes, and other ingredients. This authentic recipe will bring the flavors of Mexico to your plate.
Provided by mytable_yourtummy
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 1h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Bring 6 whole tomatoes to a boil in a small pot. Transfer to a blender. Add 3/4 cup water, onion halves, and whole garlic clove. Blend until smooth.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and serrano pepper. Cook until onion is transparent. Add minced garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chopped tomato and cook for 1 minute more. Add ground beef; cook until browned, about 8 minutes.
- Pour canned tomato sauce into the beef mixture. Cook for 2 minutes. Mix in potatoes and carrots. Cook for 2 minutes; add the blended tomatoes, jalapeno, chicken bouillon, cumin, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well, reduce heat, and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 372.3 calories, Carbohydrate 23.5 g, Cholesterol 79.2 mg, Fat 19.6 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 25.4 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 528.9 mg, Sugar 6.5 g
CUBAN PICADILLO
Provided by Ingrid Hoffmann
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield about 6 cups
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, and bay leaves and saute until onion is soft, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
- Add ground beef to skillet and cook until browned. Once the meat is browned, carefully away from the flame, tilt pan and remove excess fat with a large spoon.
- Add the white wine and stir for another minute. Then add the chopped cherry tomatoes, tomato paste, pimento stuffed Spanish olives, raisins, dried oregano, cumin and cayenne pepper. Simmer over low heat for another 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve warm:
- As a filling for empanadas or tacos
- Over white rice with fried plantains or black beans
- With a side salad and black beans
- To make Picadillo soupier for serving over rice, add additional wine, chicken or beef stock.
EASY CUBAN PICADILLO
My girlfriend gave me this delicious recipe years ago. I've made it ever since for family and friends, and they all love it. My daughter loves to take leftovers to school for lunch the next day. -Marie Wielgus, Wayne, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef with pepper and onion over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, olives, raisins and vinegar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until raisins are softened, 5-6 minutes., Serve with rice. If desired, top with fresh cilantro to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 363 calories, Fat 13g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 71mg cholesterol, Sodium 683mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 26g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
CUBAN PICADILLO, PICADILLO CUBANO
This is one of my Picadillo dishes that I make often. My mother-in-law taught me to make this ground beef dish many years ago. It is delicious on top of white rice. A must is to serve the fried sweet plantains alongside the picadillo. I also like to serve with black beans and a salad. Enjoy this traditional Cuban dish. Enjoy
Provided by Juliann Esquivel
Categories Beef
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. In a mixing bowl combine the ground beef, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, salt, pepper and lemon or lime juice. Do not use the shaker seasonings save that for the end of this recipe).
- 2. In a frying pan heat the olive oil saute the onions, green pepper, fresh garlic, and the raisins. When veggies are somewhat limp add the ground beef and continue to saute until the meat begins to loose it's red color. Next add the wine, tomato sauce, fill the empty tomato sauce can with water and add to the meat. Cover and cook for 15 minutes over a medium flame. After the 15 minutes have passed add the potatoes, olives, Goya sazon packet, vinegar, and two or three good shakes from the shaker seasoning. Stir well cover and continue to cook for 15/20 minutes over a medium low flame on a simmer until potaotes are cooked through. Taste to see if your seasoning is ok add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve over fluffy white rice along with fried sweet plantains. If too soupy uncover and let cook for 10 more minutes. Enjoy
CUBAN PICADILLO
Like most traditional recipes, there are numerous variations...and this is my version of a Cuban classic. For added convenience, I adapted it for the slow cooker.-Sanford Brown, Big Pine Key, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 5h
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook onions in oil over low heat for 15-20 minutes or brown, stirring occasionally. Add wine; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker., In the same skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink. Add to slow cooker. Combine the tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic and seasonings; pour over top. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until heated through., Place raisins in a small bowl. Cover with boiling water; let stand for 5 minutes. Drain. Stir the green pepper, olives, jalapeno and raisins into the slow cooker. Cover and cook 30 minutes longer. Serve with rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 331 calories, Fat 14g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 56mg cholesterol, Sodium 685mg sodium, Carbohydrate 27g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 24g protein.
PICADILLO
Picadillo is one of the great dishes of the Cuban diaspora: a soft, fragrant stew of ground beef and tomatoes, with raisins added for sweetness and olives for salt. Versions of it exist across the Caribbean and into Latin America. This one combines ground beef with intensely seasoned dried Spanish chorizo in a sofrito of onions, garlic and tomatoes, and scents it with red-wine vinegar, cinnamon and cumin, along with bay leaves and pinches of ground cloves and nutmeg. For the olives you may experiment with fancy and plain, but rigorous testing here suggests the use of pimento-stuffed green olives is the best practice. A scattering of capers would be welcome as well.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Time 1h
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Put the olive oil in a large, heavy pan set over a medium-high flame, and heat until it begins to shimmer. Add onions, chorizo and garlic, stir to combine and cook until the onions have started to soften, approximately 10 minutes.
- Add the ground beef, and allow it to brown, crumbling the meat with a fork as it does. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
- Add tomatoes, vinegar, cinnamon, cumin, bay leaves, cloves and nutmeg and stir to combine. Lower the heat, and let the stew simmer, covered, for approximately 30 minutes.
- Uncover the pan, and add the raisins and the olives. Allow the stew to cook for another 15 minutes or so, then serve, accompanied by white rice.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 472, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 22 grams, Fat 33 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 24 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 653 milligrams, Sugar 13 grams, TransFat 1 gram
PICADILLO " ESTILO CUBANO"
This recipe is courtesy of Cocina Cubana club/Pascual Perez/Sonia Martinez. The following is served with rice or as a filling in the "Pastelittos de Carne". It can be made with ground lean beef or turkey.
Provided by Manami
Categories Poultry
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet brown the meat, onions and garlic.
- Pour out whatever fat you may render.
- Turn heat down to low; add tomato sauce and wine.
- While it simmers, chop up the pimento stuffed olives and add to meat mixture.
- Add raisins & adjust the seasonings.
- Serve on a bed of rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 180.4, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 49.1, Sodium 201.7, Carbohydrate 10, Fiber 1, Sugar 6, Protein 16
CUBAN-STYLE PICADILLO
There are many variations of picadillo. This is a savory and traditional Cuban home-cooked meal with ingredients that are readily available in any supermarket. Do not omit wine, as it's really important to the flavor of this dish. Serve with garlic and onion white rice, black beans, and fried ripe plantains. Garnish with strips of ham and roasted red pepper.
Provided by lutzflcat
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Caribbean
Time 1h35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Place the potatoes into a large pot with enough water to cover; season with salt. Bring the water to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, place a cover on the pot, and cook the potatoes at a simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir the onion, green bell pepper, and garlic in the hot oil until the vegetables soften, about 5 minutes.
- Crumble the ground beef into the onion mixture, breaking the meat into smaller pieces as you mix; cook and stir until the beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain as much fat from the mixture as possible.
- Stir the red wine, tomato sauce, olives, capers, golden raisins, cumin, oregano, black pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt into the ground beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the wine had reduced significantly, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Peel the cooled potatoes and cut into chunks.
- Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the potatoes in the hot oil until browned, about 5 minutes.
- Gently fold the cooked potatoes into the simmering ground beef mixture; cook together 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 471.3 calories, Carbohydrate 29.6 g, Cholesterol 78.9 mg, Fat 22 g, Fiber 4.5 g, Protein 26 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 1337.7 mg, Sugar 10.1 g
CUBAN PICADILLO
I received this wonderful recipe of beef, olives, and sweet peppers from my son's Cuban grandmother. We serve it over black beans and rice with fried plantain on the side, it's amazing!
Provided by booghierbaby
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Caribbean
Time 50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Brown the 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, then stir in the onion and garlic; cook for 2 minutes before adding the red pepper, green pepper, raisins, olives, tomato paste, water, and cilantro. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes, or until the peppers have cooked to your liking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 539.3 calories, Carbohydrate 44.5 g, Cholesterol 103.4 mg, Fat 27.6 g, Fiber 4.6 g, Protein 32.9 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 1786.2 mg, Sugar 31.1 g
Tips:
- To make the perfect picadillo, it's essential to use high-quality ingredients. Fresh, flavorful ground beef, ripe tomatoes, and aromatic spices are key.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the ground beef. This will prevent it from cooking evenly and result in a soggy picadillo.
- Take the time to sauté the vegetables until they are soft and caramelized. This will add depth of flavor to the dish.
- Use a variety of spices to create a complex and flavorful picadillo. Cumin, oregano, paprika, and garlic are all classic choices.
- Don't be afraid to adjust the recipe to your liking. If you like it spicy, add more chili powder. If you prefer a milder flavor, reduce the amount of spice.
Conclusion:
Picadillo estilo Cubano is a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as a main course, a side dish, or even as a filling for empanadas or tacos. It's a great way to use up leftover ground beef, and it's also a budget-friendly meal. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight dinner, give picadillo estilo Cubano a try. You won't be disappointed!
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