Many cultures have recipes for Picadillo – each with their own unique differences. In the Philippines, picadillo recipe (also called giniling which means ground meat) is made with ground beef, raisins, tomato sauce and diced potatoes, and we also added peas and carrots. It is served with white rice, savory fried plantains on the side, and a fried egg on top.

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Picadillo Recipe

This one pan skillet meal is great for a quick weeknight meal – and any leftovers reheat perfectly for a second meal the next day!

Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

Filipino

Keyword

picadillo, picadillo recipe

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 2 cups white rice
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 & 1/2 cups yellow potatoes
• 1 & 1/2 cups onion
• 1 tablespoon fresh garlic minced
• 1 pound 80/20 ground beef
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 pound fresh plum or San Marzano tomatoes, seeded, corded and diced (alternatively, you could use a 15-ounce can of diced tomatoes with liquid)
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce good quality
• 1 teaspoon chili garlic paste
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup frozen peas thawed
• 1 each fried egg each serving
• 1 each Tabasco sauce served at a condiment

Course Main Dish Cuisine Filipino Keyword picadillo, picadillo recipe Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 45 minutes Servings people Ingredients 2 cups white rice 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 & 1/2 cups yellow potatoes 1 & 1/2 cups onion 1 tablespoon fresh garlic minced 1 pound 80/20 ground beef 1/2 pound ground pork 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1/2 pound fresh plum or San Marzano tomatoes, seeded, corded and diced (alternatively, you could use a 15-ounce can of diced tomatoes with liquid) 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup raisins 1 tablespoon fish sauce 3 tablespoons soy sauce good quality 1 teaspoon chili garlic paste 1 cup water 1 cup frozen peas thawed 1 each fried egg each serving 1 each Tabasco sauce served at a condiment

Instructions

1. Begin cooking rice by adding twice as much water as rice to a pan or rice pot. Cook rice while preparing the dish.
2. In a large skillet or sauté pan, over medium to medium high heat, place 2 tablespoons of olive oil and once shimmering, add potato and carrots.
3. Fry this for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. They should start to brown and be just shy of tender. Remove these to a bowl with a slotted spoon but leave oil in pan.
4. Add remaining tablespoon of oil and onion and sauté for three minutes.
5. Add garlic and sauté for one minute.
6. Add the ground beef and ground pork and sauté for about eight minutes or until browned.
7. Make a hole in the center and add tomato paste and stir that for one minute.
8. Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, raisins, fish sauce, soy sauce, chili garlic paste, water and reserved cooked potato and carrot mixture.
9. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.
10. Add peas, stir and remove from heat.
11. In a fry pan, fry enough sunny side or over easy eggs as needed for each dinner guest.
12. Serve by placing cooked white rice in a serving bowl, top with the Picadillo then top with one fried egg on top of each portion.
13. Serve with Tabasco on the side along with Savory Fried Plantains.

Recipe Notes

Picadillo recipe is a Filipino recipes that goes back many centuries and even has roots going back to the Spanish Colonial days! Picadillo recipe is served in Filipino households as a main dish.

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