🇨🇺 Cuba
Picadillo, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
20 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté yellow onion, green bell pepper, and garlic until soft.
- 2
Add ground beef and cook until browned, breaking it into small pieces.
- 3
Stir in tomato sauce, dry white wine, ground cumin, dried oregano, pitted green olives, capers, and raisins, then simmer for 10 minutes until thick.
🇨🇺 How it's eaten in Cuba
In Cuba, picadillo is traditionally served over white rice alongside fried sweet plantains or black beans.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- Olive oil1 tbsp
- Yellow onion1/2, diced
Swap: frozen diced onion (120 ml)（no chopping）
- Green bell pepper1/2, diced
- Garlic2 cloves, minced
Swap: garlic powder (1/2 tsp)（no prep）
- Ground beef350 g
- Tomato sauce250 g
- Dry white wine60 ml
Swap: chicken broth (60 ml)（pantry staple）
- Ground cumin1/2 tsp
- Dried oregano1/2 tsp
- Pitted green olives60 ml, sliced
- Capers1 tbsp
- Raisins2 tbsp
Authentic ingredients in Cuba
- Ground beef350 g
- Yellow onion1/2, diced
- Green bell pepper1/2, diced
- Garlic2 cloves, minced
- Tomato sauce250 g
- Dry white wine60 ml
- Ground cumin1/2 tsp
- Dried oregano1/2 tsp
- Pitted green olives60 ml, sliced
- Capers1 tbsp
- Raisins2 tbsp
- Olive oil1 tbsp
Optional authentic touch
Searing tomato paste with the aromatics before adding liquids adds extra savory depth.
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