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Picadillo

Name: Picadillo
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cuba
Ingredients: 400g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 50g Green olives; 2 tbsp Raisins; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 2 tbsp Olive oil

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground beef cooked with olives and raisins — an everyday Cuban home dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Picadillo comes from the Spanish word for 'minced,' and it's one of the colonial-era dishes that evolved differently across Latin America. The Cuban version adds tomato, olives, and raisins to ground beef, and the salty olives and sweet raisins give it a layered flavor. It's a standard home dish served with white rice and fried plantains.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a weeknight, the smell of picadillo drifts from the kitchen and the family gathers at the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground Beef 400g
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Green olives 50g
Raisins 2 tbsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Olive oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sauté onion, green pepper, and garlic in oil.
Add the ground beef and cook until crumbly.
Stir in tomato paste and cumin.
Add a little water, the olives, and raisins and simmer on low for about 15 minutes.
When most of the liquid is gone, season with salt.

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