Puerto Rican Picadillo Recipe
Puerto Rican Picadillo is bursting with flavor in every bite! This version made with clean ingredients with step by step instructions. You won't want to miss out!
Equipment
- 1 Knife
- 1 Cutting Board
- 1 Large Skillet or Dutch Oven
- 1 wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- ¼ cup sofrito
- 2 teaspoon sazon
- 2 teaspoon adobo
- 2.5 oz jar of spanish olives
- ½ to ¾ bunch cilantro
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 4 tablespoon annatto oil see above in post
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- Heat a skillet on medium heat. Add ground beef and break up while it cooks.
- When the beef is halfway cooked, add the sofrito and mix in, then add the sazon and adobo and mix in.
- Drain the olives and add to the beef, and as it all continues to cook, break up the olives along with the beef.
- Chop off any dirty ends of the cilantro, and break into half pieces with your hands. Throughout the remainder of cooking, add pieces of the cilantro in and mix, letting them mix in and wilt before adding more.
- Add the tomato sauce in and mix, adding more cilantro.
- Mix in the annatto oil and water.
- Let everything simmer for about 5-10 minutes, continuing to break up beef and olives, and adding more cilantro. Serve!