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Siempre Homemade

Picadillo

A comforting Mexican picadillo with beef, potatoes, tomatoes, and spices, ready in about 30 minutes.

Cook
30 min
Total
30 min

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 russet potatoes
  • 2 roma tomatoes
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 jalapeño
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 cups beef or chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp mexican oregano
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat the oil in a large pan to medium heat. Add the potatoes, onion and peppers and cook them down for 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Stir in the ground beef and garlic and brown brown for about 5 minutes. The meat doesn’t need to be cooked all the way through at this point.

  3. 3

    Stir in the tomatoes, stock, seasonings and reduce the heat to simmer.

  4. 4

    Simmer for 20 minutes to cook through and let the potatoes soften

  5. 5

    Serve over cooked rice or with tortillas