Hello everybody, it is Kayley, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, puerto rican picadillo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Puerto Rican Picadillo is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Puerto Rican Picadillo is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have puerto rican picadillo using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:

1. Get 3 lbs. Ground Chuck
2. Prepare 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
3. Get 6-10 Cloves Minced Garlic (your preference)
4. Take 1 Medium / Large Onion Cubed
5. Prepare 1 Green Bell Pepper Cubed
6. Prepare 1/3-1/2 Cup Sofrito (I have a recipe for this)
7. Get 1 packet Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
8. Take 1/3 Cup toasted Almonds
9. Make ready 2/3 Cup halved Green Olives
10. Make ready 1/3 Cup Capers
11. Make ready 1/2 Cup Raisins
12. Take 1 tsp. each Salt and Pepper
13. Prepare 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
14. Prepare 1 tsp. Ground Cloves
15. Take 2 Bay Leaves
16. Get 1 can Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
17. Get 2 Tbsp White Vinegar

Instructions to make Puerto Rican Picadillo:

1. In 1 Tbsp Olive Oil, sweat the Onion, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Sofrito, and Sazon for 5-6 minutes. Remove and set aside in bowl.
2. Add remaining Tbsp of Olive Oil and brown Ground Chuck. When browned, drain fat and add Onion, Bell Pepper, Garlic and Sofrito mixture to skillet and set aside.
3. In small skillet, simmer Vinegar, Olives, Capers, Raisins, Salt and Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves and Bay leaves for up to 10 - 12 minutes stirring to distribute flavors.
4. In separate skillet, toast the almonds. You want them brown, but not burned. These add a very nice texture!! When done, add them to the meat mixture.
5. At this point, add the Olive and Caper mixture (in step 3) to the Ground Chuck mixture. Add Almonds and Diced Tomatoes. Bring up to heat and turn to simmer for approximately one hour. You're going to LOVE how your house is smelling.
6. There's just something about my Caldero that makes this so much better. Not necessary though.

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