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Beef Picadillo
The flavoursome tastes of Latin America brought to life.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Dualit brings you this traditional savoury Latin American dish consisting of beef (or sometimes pork) and a variety of vegetable blends and chilli peppers. Originally sourced from Cuba, "picadillo" derives from the word "picar" meaning to chop, grind or mince in a culinary sense.
Ingredients
- 500g of minced beef
- 2 large red onions (chopped)
- 1 red chilli (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 vegetable oxo cube
- 1 beef oxo cube
- 3 tbsp of tomato puree
- 2 tbsp of olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1-2 tsp of chilli flakes/powder
- 1-2 tsp of baharat
- 1 tsp of smoked paprika
- 400g of tinned chopped tomatoes
- 400g of tinned sweetcorn drained
- 400g of tin kidney beans
- 500ml of Boiled water
- 1 cup of Sultanas
- Splash of Worcester sauce
- Handful of chopped coriander
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Heat oil in a large saucepan.
- Add the minced meat to a lightly oiled, hot frying pan and fry until the meat turns brown, then remove and set aside.
- Using the Dualit Hand Blender, finely chop the onion and garlic, then add both to a separate pan and gently fry until soft.
- Add the minced beef along with the chilli flakes, paprika, baharat and tomato puree - fry until browned.
- In a separate jug, crumble in and dissolve the oxo cubes in boiling water and stir.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and vegetable water to the saucepan. Stir and allow to simmer on low heat for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and mix in the: beans, sweetcorn, sultanas and Worcester sauce then place back onto the hob to continue to cook on a low heat for another 30-40 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
- Finely chop the coriander and add to the saucepan.
- Serve on a bed of plain white rice with warm tortilla's or in a flatbread wrap.
DUALIT PRODUCT USED
We used the Hand Blender to help prepare the ingredients for this recipe.
