Cuban Cooking

Picadillo

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

¼ cup vegetable oil

¼ cup pimento stuffed green olives, sliced

1 large onion, chopped fine

1 large green pepper, seeded, cored and chopped fine

1 tablespoon capers

1 teaspoon salt

2 garlic cloves, pressed

½ teaspoon paprika

1 pound ground beef

1 8 ounce can tomato sauce

½ cup raisins

¼ cup sherry

Directions

• Heat the oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven and sauté the onions, green peppers and garlic until soft.

• Add the ground beef and brown thoroughly, stirring.

• Add the tomato sauce and all the other ingredients.

• Cook covered for 15 minutes over low heat. Uncover and continue cooking for 5 more minutes.

• Serve with white rice and fried ripe plantains. At lunch, a typical accompaniment with each serving would be a fried egg.

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Last time this page was Edited 07/19/2008