Mexican picadillo: ground beef with potato, carrot & peas

Name: Mexican picadillo: ground beef with potato, carrot & peas
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: latin
Ingredients: 300 g Minced beef; 400 g Potatoes; 120 g Carrots; 80 g Frozen peas; 200 g Tomato; 100 g Onion; 10 g Garlic; 16 g Olive oil; 2 g Ground cumin; 10 g Fresh cilantro (optional)

Mexican picadillo: ground beef with potato, carrot & peas is ready in 30 minutes (20 hands-on) and has 652 kcal and 37 g of protein per serving. One serving costs about $3.42. Prices from Walmart, 2026.

Total time: 30 min
Hands-on: 20 min
Calories: 652 kcal
Cost per serving: $3.42

Ingredients (Serves: 2)

Minced beef300 g
Potatoes400 g
Carrots120 g
Frozen peas80 g
Tomato200 g
Onion100 g
Garlic10 g
Olive oil16 g
Ground cumin2 g
Fresh cilantro (optional)10 g

Method

Peel the potato and carrot and dice them into small 1 cm cubes. Finely chop the onion and garlic and grate the tomato.
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat. Fry the onion for 3 minutes, add the garlic and the ground beef and brown it for 5 minutes, breaking up the lumps.
Stir in the cumin and the tomato and cook for 3 minutes until the sauce thickens.
Add the potato, carrot and 150 ml of water, season with salt and pepper, cover and simmer for 12 minutes until the potato is tender.
Stir in the frozen peas and cook for 2 more minutes. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro if you like and serve.

Nutrition per serving

Calories	652 kcal
Protein	37 g
Carbohydrates	56 g
Sugars	11 g
Fat	31 g
Fiber	10 g

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Mexican picadillo: ground beef with potato, carrot & peas

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