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Cuban picadillo
Your tastebuds will be Havana good time with this moreish Cuban mince dish! Fried onions, peppers and potatoes are perked up with capers, cumin and oregano, then sizzled with beef mince in a tomatoey sauce. Rice soaks up the gorgeous fiesta flavours.
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 5
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 40g capers in brine (Capers (93.5%), Salt (4.5%), Water (1%), Grape Vinegar (1%))
- 400g potatoes
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 4 garlic clove
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 2 tbsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 beef stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 280g basmati rice
Nutritional Information
Calories: 603
Protein: 37g
Carbs: 98g
Fat: 7.9g
Ingredients
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 140g basmati rice
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 1 onion
- 30g capers in brine (Capers (93.5%), Salt (4.5%), Water (1%), Grape Vinegar (1%))
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 1 pepper
- 1 large potatoes
- 2 garlic clove
Nutritional Information
Calories: 605
Protein: 38g
Carbs: 98g
Fat: 8.0g
Cuban picadillo
Your tastebuds will be Havana good time with this moreish Cuban mince dish! Fried onions, peppers and potatoes are perked up with capers, cumin and oregano, then sizzled with beef mince in a tomatoey sauce. Rice soaks up the gorgeous fiesta flavours.
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
American
Food group:
Beef
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large saucepan
- 1 large non stick frying pan
Prep the veg
- Peel the onions and dice into large pieces, then deseed the peppers and dice into 2cm squares.
- Cut the potatoes into 1cm cubes. Peel and crush the garlic.
Ace your base
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat.
- Fry the onions, peppers and potatoes for 3-4 mins.
Turn up the flavour!
- Add the tomatoes, garlic, mince, ground cumin and oregano and cook for 3-4 mins.
- Tip in the capers and passata. Crumble in half the stock cube, pour in 350ml water (use all the stock and 500ml water for 4 portions) and stir well. Simmer for 8-10 mins until the potatoes and mince are cooked through.
Boil your rice
- Meanwhile, cook the rice in boiling water for 10-12 mins, then drain.
Finish & serve
- At the same time, finely chop the coriander and add three-quarters to the picadillo.
- Serve alongside the rice and scatter over the remaining coriander.