Carne Molida [Recipe + Video] Ground Beef with Vegetables

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ pound ground beef

  [0.7 kg]
• 1½ teaspoon salt

  or to taste, dividida
• ¼ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
• 2 tablespoons oil for frying

  or olive oil
• 1 large white onion

  diced
• 3 cloves garlic

  chopped
• ¾ cup tomato sauce
• 1 large carrot

  peeled and diced
• ¾ pound waxy potatoes

  [0.35 kg], diced
• ¼ cup pitted green olives

  (optional)
• 1 celery stalk

  chopped (optional)
• 1 red bell pepper
• ½ tablespoon hot sauce

  or to taste
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Instructions

• 1 Season beef with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high
  heat. Add the meat and cook and stir until all the liquid has evaporated and the
  meat has browned.
  
  Add onion and garlic, and cook stirring until they have heated through.
  
  Stir in tomato sauce and 1 cup of water. Lower heat to medium-low and cover.
  Simmer until it breaks the boil (5-7 min).
• 2 Mix in potato and carrot. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, adding water as it
  becomes necessary to maintain the same level.
  
  Add bell pepper and celery (and olives, if you use them), Cover and simmer for 5
  minutes, adding water as it becomes necessary to maintain the same level.
  
  Season with hot sauce and salt to taste. Mix in the parsley and remove from the
  heat.
• 3 Remove from the heat and serve.

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