Abuelas Picadillo

This is my grandmother’s Cuban picadillo (ground beef hash/chili) recipe which is usually served with white rice, beans and plantains. Picadillo also goes great with mashed potatoes and can be made without the squash. This dish is a favorite at home so I usually make 2 pounds to have leftovers for making empanadas (meat pies) the next day. Picadillo also freezes well. Of course my kids say this is the best picadillo they’ve ever had and I have to agree!

INGRIDIENT

2 pounds lean ground beef

¼ cup olive oil

½ onion, chopped

½ green bell pepper, chopped

2 tablespoons minced garlic

2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce

2 cups water

½ cup red cooking wine

3 tablespoons hot sauce (such as Louisiana®)

1 (1.41 ounce) package sazon seasoning (such as Badia® Tropical®)

1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

½ teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon onion powder

½ teaspoon ground cumin

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

¼ teaspoon ground bay leaf

3 ounces Spanish-style olives

1 teaspoon salt, or to taste

1 small butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes

DIRECTION

Step: 1

Cook and stir ground beef in a large stockpot until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain grease.

Step: 2

Heat olive oil in small skillet over medium heat. Add onion, green bell pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir into beef in the stockpot.

Step: 3

Pour tomato sauce, water, cooking wine, and hot sauce into the stockpot. Stir in sazon seasoning, parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, pepper, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer picadillo, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.

Step: 4

Split olives in half with your fingers and stir into the picadillo. Add squash. Simmer until liquid reduces but picadillo is not dry, 45 to 60 minutes. Season with salt.

NUTRITION FACT

Per Serving: 378 calories; protein 24.1g; carbohydrates 22g; fat 22g; cholesterol 74.3mg; sodium 1856.2mg.

To much possesion yourself can lead to overeating , 2.00 AM snacking, and mindless eating and it’s for this reason that Riner encourages people to indulge in “fun” foods every once in a while.

Avoidance on 2.00 AM snacking and got eat , it is much important to include some easy foods (or what one may perceive as off limits ). It means , if we always order the healthiest thing on the menu but come home and graze on chips, perhaps we really will the burger and should have just pleased it in the first place."

Because it comes to dinner , much eat or eating too much of the wrong kinds of food can lead to bad habit on sleeping. On the flip side, a daylight food that is less than satiating can leave you wanting more and resulting in reaching for an unhealthy late-night side dish even closer to bedtime .

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