Picadillo con papas. When I think of this dish of Mom's Picadillo Con Papa, a wave of emotions and memories flood my mind. In all honesty, it was prepared often in our house because it could feed a large family for a low cost. We enjoyed this dish, along with many rice, beans and egg dishes growing up.
This Picadillo Con Papas recipe works because it is a one pot meal, made on top of the stove in a skillet.
It is quick and easy to make and tastes absolutely fabulous with the spicy tomato sauce, meat and potatoes.
Picadillo Cubano con Papas is a flexible recipe as it allows you to play with both savory and sweet for this Cuban Dinner.
You can cook Picadillo con papas using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Picadillo con papas
- Prepare 1 lb of ground beef.
- You need 2 medium of potatoes.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of diced white onion.
- It's 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
- It's 1 small of diced tomato.
- It's 1 dash of garlic salt.
- It's 1 dash of cumin.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.
- It's 1/2 cup of water.
Check out the video for directions! Ground beef and potatoes cooked in a tomato sauce is a dish known as picadillo sencillo, or carne molida con papas. All the ingredients are usually chopped before cooking. "Chopping" in Spanish is "picar" or "cortar", which is where the dish gets its name. Por el momento esta receta no cuenta con los datos de la Información Nutricional.
Picadillo con papas step by step
- First rinse potatoes, then peel and dice them.pat with paper towel.
- Heat oil in pan on medium high then add potatoes. cover with lid..
- Allow potatoes to get a little golden on one side then flip potatoes over.remove some oil out of pan with a ladle or deep spoon.be careful oil is really hot.turn down fire to medium low.cover and let cook for about 2 or 3 minutes..
- With spatula remove papas from pan onto a papertoweld plate..
- Still using the same pan add diced onions. let sautee until some parts of onion are dark.then add tblspn of butter.stir occasionally until they start to caramelize..
- add pound of ground beef to onions and butter.using your spoon chop ground beef while also stirring around onions..
- Once ground beef is browned drain some grease.then add 1/2 cup of water along with tomatoes and seasonings..
- Finally add the already cooked papas to the mix.stir slowly.then cover and turn down heat to a simmer.after about 2 minutes you can remove from heat..
- Fill tortillas for delicious tacos.which taste even better with some salsa verde. or you can just put in a bowl and eat with saltines or bread..
- Enjoy!.
El picadillo sencillo, también llamado "carne molida con papas", es un platillo que consiste de carne molida y papas cocidas en una salsa de tomate. Los ingredientes suelen picarse antes de cocinarse. Que es de donde yo me imagino este plato recibe su nombre. Es un guiso realmente fácil de preparar. Picadillo de carne de res molida con verduras en salsa de jitomate, y sazonada a la perfección con chiles y especias.