Ground Beef Picadillo with Cauliflower Rice
A flavorful Cuban-style ground beef picadillo. With the unexpected tang of green olives and a hint of sweetness from raisins, this comforting beef dish cooks up in one pan and in under 30 minutes, making for a quick clean-up!
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2-3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion diced or thinly sliced
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 2 teaspoon each chili powder & ground cumin
- 1 14.5 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- ½ cup green olives either sliced or pimento stuffed, in about ¼ cup of their own brine of olive juice
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- Cauliflower or white rice and plantain chips to serve
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the ground beef and salt & pepper, and cook through, making sure to break up the ground beef into crumbles.
- Drain and set aside.
- Add in another tablespoon of olive oil and cook the onions and garlic for 3-5 minutes till translucent.
- Stir in the chili powder and cumin till well combined.
- Add in the tomatoes, red wine vinegar and stir till combined.
- Add in the raisins and the olives & the brine, stirring till combined.
- Lastly, add back in the ground beef and stir till combined. Sprinkle with salt & pepper to taste.
- Serve over white or cauliflower rice and plantain chips.
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