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Picadillo

Course: Entree
Cuisine: Latin
Author: Cynthia

Ingredients

  • Picadillo
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 or 2 Tablespoons olive oil depending on how lean your meat is.
  • 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon each cumin and smoked paprika to taste.
  • Pinch of cayenne
  • 8 Spanish olives finely chopped (green olives stuffed with pimentos)
  • 2 Tablespoons juice from olives
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in large sauté pan over medium heat. Add onions and cook a few minutes. Next, add garlic, continuing to stir until garlic is fragrant. Then, add ground beef, stirring.
  • Add paprika, cumin, cayenne, salt and pepper, stir and adjust seasoning to taste. Cook until beef is brown throughout.
  • Stir in chopped olives and olive juice. Remove pan from heat and cool to room temperature, until cool enough to handle.