Abuela's Picadillo

10.15.16 Made half a recipe which called for half of a small butternut squash (and mine was small). I peeled and cut that half into cubes, but if I’d used all of it, the meat/sauce mixture wouldn’t have even covered the squash. I ended up using about a quarter of a small squash. I did use Spanish tomato sauce which gave it a little kick of heat, and added a whole bay leaf (not ground bay leaf) to the picadillo, removing it before serving. I typically add potatoes to my picadillo, but the butternut squash was a nice change. I live in Florida, I’ve eaten a lot of picadillo (love it, too), and this is a good recipe. MarieSoler, thanks for sharing.

Have made this several times and found the ingredients can be changed ( more or less of the spices) and it was still delicious.

No changes. Outstanding! Will definetley make again & again & again.............

Great recipe. Taste delicious!!! Used diced tomato with tomatoe paste instead of tomato sauce., and ground turkey instead of ground beef. It's what I had available and it came out very tasteful. Household each and two plates. No leftovers.

I have never had Picadillo before so I was not sure what this would be. I thought the ingredient combination sounded awesome. It was okay. I did not add the extra salt since 1800+ per serving is high. Maybe it will be better tomorrow. It is good but not great tonight.

The Badia sazón comes in small packets which are about a teaspoon each. I use 1 packet for 2 lbs of ground beef. It gives yellow coloring and flavor. Sorry for the confusion on the sazón amount.

This looks awesome, I'm saving it to make, thanks!

Absolutely delicious!

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say one packet of sazon, not the entire 1.4oz box of packets. 4 star for what I believe is an error - it smells amazing so far.

Delicious! I added two small boxes of raisins (as I’m used to picadillo with raisins) and didn’t add salt until the end. The olives make it salty already. Thank you for the great recipe!

Delicious! Followed the recipe as written - loved the squash in this stew.

Delicious! I made my own Sazon seasoning because never having heard of it before I wasn’t sure I could find it in Ontario supermarkets and I had all the ingredients. Then I used way too much because I wasn’t sure how much was in one store bought packet. I compensated by adding less hot sauce. It still turned out great. A little spicy but not too spicy. Next time I will remember that 1 packet of Sazon is equal to 1.5 teaspoons, not tablespoons.

I’m a fairly new cook, and this is one of the few recipes I repeatedly make. I had never had Picadillo before, so I an’t compare it to anything, but I love how complex the flavors are for being so easy to make. Love the raisin/olive mix, especially. This recipe has never failed me, and is an interesting choice to bring to potlucks. Freezes great.

https://www.domesticgourmet.com/quick-and-easy-puerto-rican-picadillo/

It came out delicious I didn't have all of the ingredients like the squash and seasoning mentioned, but still came out really good

Made it exactly as written and it was delicious. I even made empanadas with the leftovers the next day. My daughter and her boyfriend loved them as well. Great recipe and quick & easy to make.

This recipe looked and appeared to be potentially delicious and it was, just that exactly. Only thing I changed was using a little less hot sauce to suit my own taste. However, I can taste how much better it would have been if I could tolerate more hot sauce in it. I will be making this again;it's a keeper.

Enjoyed the flavor and addition of butternut squash. Made my own sazon seasoning, from Allrecipes recipe, which had similar ingredients as remaining spices listed. This made it more tedious.

My husband and I loved this dish. I cut recipe in half. I used fresh oregano instead of parsley, I didn’t have onion powder so left it out. The best part we’re the green olives. I added squash, zucchini, and green olives toward the end because I don’t like them cooked too long. I added a few sliced green olives for a garnish. If you do that don’t use too much salt.

First attempt at this recipe. It was delicious!!!!

Was very easy and a huge hit with the family! I made it just as the recipe outlined.

It was good but a little more meat wouldn't hurt

I make it very similar but add raisins. I am very careful with the salt as the olives are salty. Instead of the sasson I put some curry powder, it gives lots of oepf...

I thought it was very good. Very versatile, good to have in burrito or on pasta or by it self with a fresh baguette.

This is outstanding! I added two cups of water and a package of Goya Spanish Rice, before bringing. I highly recommend it.