Best Lisas Quinoa Beef Picadillo Recipes

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN PICADILLO

Steps:

• Bring 6 whole tomatoes to a boil in a small pot. Transfer to a blender. Add 3/4 cup water, onion halves, and whole garlic clove. Blend until smooth.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and serrano pepper. Cook until onion is transparent. Add minced garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chopped tomato and cook for 1 minute more. Add ground beef; cook until browned, about 8 minutes.
• Pour canned tomato sauce into the beef mixture. Cook for 2 minutes. Mix in potatoes and carrots. Cook for 2 minutes; add the blended tomatoes, jalapeno, chicken bouillon, cumin, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well, reduce heat, and simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

CLASSIC CUBAN-STYLE PICADILLO

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic, onion, and green bell pepper in the hot oil until softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Crumble ground beef into the skillet; cook and stir until browned completely, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir olives, raisins, capers, tomato sauce, sazon seasoning, cumin, sugar, and salt through the ground beef mixture.
• Cover the skillet, reduce heat to low, and cook until the mixture is heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.

BEEF PICADILLO

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and ground beef. Cook breaking the beef apart and stirring often, until meat is evenly browned and onions are tender. 2. Drain the excess liquid/grease from the pan and add the sofrito, adobo, sazon, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. 3. Stir and cook for an additional minute or so, then add the garlic and cook for two more minutes or until the garlic becomes fragrant. 4. Turn the heat down to low-medium then pour in the tomato sauce and stir. Bring the sauce to a low simmer, then turn the heat off and stir in the olives. 5. Serve over rice and garnish with cilantro, if desired.

LISA'S QUINOA-BEEF PICADILLO

Steps:

• Heat oil over high heat in large, deep sikllet. Add onion and green pepper and cook, stirring freqently, until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cumin seeds and cook 1 minute more. Add beef and salt. Break up meat into bits. Continue cooking until beef is brown and crumbly, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour off any rendered fat. Stir in oregano, chili powder, cinnamon, tomatoes, olives, raisins and capers. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until flavors have mingled, about 15 min. To finish, stir in quinoa and adjust seasonings, adding pepper to taste. Cook until hot, about 1 minute. Accompany with lime wedges. Can sub ground turkey, pork or meatloaf mix. Can use hullless barley or brown rice instead of quinoa.

BEEF-MUSHROOM PICADILLO

Steps:

• Finely chop all the mushrooms into pea-size pieces. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a Dutch oven or other wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring, until dry and browned, 12 to 15 minutes. (There may be a lot of liquid at first.) Push to one side of the pot.
• Add the beef to the other side of the pot; season with salt and pepper. Break up the meat with a wooden spoon, then stir into the mushrooms. Cook until the beef is no longer pink, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Push the beef-mushroom mixture to one side of the pot and add the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the other side. Add the onion, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until it begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Stir into the beef-mushroom mixture and cook all together until the onions are softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic, 2 teaspoons cumin, the oregano and cinnamon and stir to combine. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted and everything is evenly coated, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the diced tomatoes and 1 1/2 cups water. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has reduced to a thick stew, 25 to 30 minutes, adding the olives and raisins in the last 5 minutes of cooking. Meanwhile, cook the rice as the label directs.
• Stir the vinegar and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon cumin into the picadillo and season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat. Serve over the rice and top with parsley and/or cilantro.

QUINOA BEEF PICADILLO

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over high heat in a large, deep skillet.
• Add the onion and green bell pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and cumin seeds and cook 1 minute more.
• Add the beef and salt. Break the meat up into bits. Continue cooking until the beef is brown and crumbly, 3 or 4 minutes. Pour off any rendered fat.
• Stir in the oregano, chili powder, cinnamon, tomatoes, olives, raisins, and capers. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer the mixture until the flavors have mingled, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in the quinoa and adjust the seasonings, adding pepper to taste. Cook until the mixture is hot, about 1 minute more.
• Serve in large, shallow bowls.
• Accompany with a bowl of lime wedges.
• A dry grenache-based rose wine from Spain or southern France is a recommended to drink with this dish.

LISA'S HOMEMADE MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together all the glaze ingredients and set aside. In a large bowl, combine all the meatloaf ingredients and mix well. Press the mixture into a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush some of the glaze over the top of the meatloaf. Bake for 30 minutes more. Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes. Turn the meatloaf out onto a serving platter and spoon the remaining glaze over the top before serving.