I went with beef here, but pork can be added, as well as
chorizo. Often fillers like diced potato and squash are added, but since I
serve this over rice, I typically don’t include those. I used to be more into
hot, starch-on-starch action when I was younger, but these days, not so much.
As I mentioned in the video, many consider the olives
optional, but for me, they’re one of the keys to the dish. Those briny bites
reset your palate as you eat, which makes every bite seem like the first. Having
said that, not everyone does olives, but I still really hope you give it a try
soon – with capers. Enjoy!
Ingredients for 4 portions:
2 teaspoon olive oil
1 1/2 pounds ground beef (85/15 lean/fat)
1 cup diced yellow onions
1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 bay leaves
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
3 cups crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup currants or raisins
1/2 cup sliced green olives, or to taste
22 comments:
It looks good, but I think, for me, I would rather make slow cooker chili with the majority of these ingredients.
I sometimes put sliced green olives to my tomato meat sauce pasta. It's very interesting to me that Cuban and Italian dishes have similarities.
By the way, thanks for mentioning that currants are small raisins. I now can go back to my supermarket and complain that they charged me "raisin" price for currants (cheaper) at the bulk section!
So our family is staunchly anti-olive but we are okay with capers (might be a texture thing, or a fickle thing) so what proportion of capers would be appropriate? ½ cup olives == 1 tbsp capers??
Incidentally you should follow this up with a Cincinnati chili recipe, if only to blow the minds of the folks who can't understand cinnamon in a chili. (recommended recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/206953/authentic-cincinnati-chili/)
Watching that large bubble try to broach the surface around 3:47 was intensely suspenseful, and then you cut before it popped!
YiKeS Chef! Me thinks dat' if my abuelita were to still be around dat' she be a cooking up dat' there Picadillo in sum' annatto oil along wit' sum' big chunks of onion and bell pepper along copious amounts of capers and olives. And me also thinks dat' she'd be a smacking your nalgas wit' a chancleta for having forgots da' Sofrito. C'mon Man! How can ya' forgets da' Sofrito! Love ya' anyways!
Hi John! Great recipe!
Can you suggest anything for someone who doesn't live olives? Would chopped gherkins work?
When did you drain the fat from the browned hamburger? Mine always has an excess of grease. Did you do it after the onion or before or not at all?
Thanks for the recipe, chef! I made it last night, and it was fantastic.
Looks good to me... but I have a "picky eater" to deal with. I'd have to disguise the olives with a further chop. You mentioned capers as an alternative... how much?
We use potatoes in our Picadillo...never heard of adding olives or any other items besides potatoes. Being from Mexico, perhaps that is the twist we use. Really enjoy this dish.
Good recipe but don't substitute capers 1:1 for olives! They are much more pungent and salty.
Made this recently, it was so good. I changed nothing. Really liked the 'building of flavors.' I agree with Chef, currants were the better choice, for me anyway.
How well does this go with a hamburger bun/Sandwich vs rice
Thanks again for a stellar recipe chef John! Made this last night, didn't chance a thing, and it was a huge hit! Simple and delicious. Would make again for sure!
I'm about to try this recipe, I'm convinced that my family will enjoy it as the raisins will remind them of bobotie, a South African dish I like to make that is a kind of curry meatloaf with egg, turmeric (yes, I know that's not your favourite, chef John) and bread to bind the ingredients.
Can you reccommend a different starch to have the picadilly with? I will be serving your rice pudding for dessert and I don't want to repeat the ingredient.
I'm about to try this recipe. I believe my family will enjoy it as it contains similar ingredients to Bobotie, a South African dish I like to make. It's a kind of curry meatloaf that contains egg, raisins and turmeric (Not your favourite, I know.)
Can you recommend a different starch as my rice puddings are already cooling in the fridge.
Oh, I am so putting this on arepas.
One of my fav breakfast dishes...picadillo, eggs, cottage potatoes and sourdough toast... a great start to any day!
Chef John, thank you.
Because of raisins it is too sweet for me. Next time I'll try add a little less of these
I make this delicious recipe (as written) once a month-ish, although I don’t find my store-brand raisins too large to mess up the dishes’ texture. Sometimes I serve over rice, but occasionally I serve it over homemade garlic bread (like an open-face Cuban Sloppy Joe), or I’ll just devour it like a stew/chili. Props on another great recipe Chef.
Substituting ground turkey works great in my experience as well.
*Wish: I am not, nor will ever be, a vegetarian. But please post more recipes for main dishes that minimize usage of animal products as the focal point of the meal (Beans and Greens or Shaksusha would be solid examples). Many people wish to reduce their animal protein intake for health, environmental, or ethical reasons. And it’s tough to find good recipes from trusted sources.
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