Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, picadillo "ground beef" for tacos. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Today I am making Mexican Style ground beef called picadillo, with homemade salsa and tortillas, to make tacos. I am making a larger quantity today for. Another family favorite, my ground beef with potatoes for taco night. You can substitute any ground meat of your choice (turkey, chicken, lamb or vegan.
Picadillo "ground beef" for tacos is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Picadillo "ground beef" for tacos is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have picadillo "ground beef" for tacos using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Picadillo "ground beef" for tacos:
- Make ready ground beef
- Make ready salsa
- Prepare beef stock
- Make ready cumin
- Make ready paprika
- Take onion powder
- Prepare cayenne pepper
- Take garlic powder
- Take salt and pepper
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. Picadillo is really an easy dish to prepare. Picadillo is a Mexican staple and its main ingredient is Ground beef.
Instructions to make Picadillo "ground beef" for tacos:
- Season beef with spices. Let marinate if possible. Put ground beef in a cold, large pot. Do not use oil. Ground beef makes it's own fat!
- Drain oil. Deglaze pan with beef stock by scraping the fond off the bottom of the pot. When the brown bits are lifted off the bottom of the pot, return the beef to the pot.
- Reduce liquid until fully absorbed. Add salsa. Reduce until liquid is absorbed and you reach your desired consistency.
- Variations; Tequila, any different salsa you like, small diced bell peppers and hot peppers, shredded cheese, lime juice/zest, smoked paprika, cilantro, tomatillos, cinnamon (add before salsa)
- Also try tamarind, fresh tomatoes, sherry, sherry vinegar, zucchini, potatoes
Picadillo is really an easy dish to prepare. Picadillo is a Mexican staple and its main ingredient is Ground beef. This traditional Mexican dish is very flexible as it can be served with beans, rice, corn or flour tortillas for tacos, tostadas, burritos… For ground beef, keep refrigerated and use within one to two days. It can stay in its original container if the packaging hasn't been opened. The possibilities with ground beef are seemingly endless, though you'll probably want to pay the most attention to cost and fat content.
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