Mexican Picadillo Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces yellow potatoes

  about 3-4 small, diced
• 1 medium yellow onion

  chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper

  chopped
• 1 serrano pepper

  chopped (optional, for spicier)
• 2 cloves garlic

  chopped
• 1 pound ground beef

  (you can use other ground meats, like chicken, turkey or pork)
• 2 large tomatoes

  chopped
• 3/4 cup beef stock

  (or use chicken or vegetable stock)
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• Salt and pepper to taste
• FOR SERVING: Cooked rice or warmed tortillas, sliced peppers, chili flakes, fresh lime juice, hot sauce

Instructions

• 1 Heat the oil in a large pan to medium heat. Add the potatoes, onion and peppers
  and cook them down for 5 minutes to soften.
• 2 Stir in the garlic and ground beef. Break up the ground beef with a wooden spoon
  and brown it up for 5 minutes. The meat doesn't need to be cooked all the way
  through.
• 3 Stir in the tomatoes, stock, and seasonings and reduce the heat to simmer.
• 4 Simmer for 20 minutes to cook through and let the potatoes soften up.
• 5 Serve over cooked rice or with tortillas with extra peppers, spicy chili flakes
  and lime juice! Don’t forget your favorite hot sauce.

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