Recipes · Cuban · Main Courses
Picadillo
One serving has 570 kcal and 30 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (143%), zinc (88%), pyridoxine (58%), niacin (54%), selenium (46%) and phosphorus (43%). Ready in 35 minutes.
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 25 min
- Makes: 1 serving (296 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Low carb
- Contains: beef
Ingredients
- 160 g Beef, ground, 80% lean, raw
- 30 g Onions, raw
- 20 g Bell pepper, green, raw
- 6 g Garlic, raw
- 45 g Tomato sauce, canned
- 15 g Olives, green
- 10 g Raisins
- 1 g Cumin
- 0.5 g Oregano, dried
- 0.2 g Bay leaves
- 8 g Vegetable oil
- 0.5 g Salt
Method
- Heat the oil in a wide pan and cook the onion, bell pepper and garlic over medium heat for 5 minutes until soft.
- Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until fully browned with no pink left, about 8 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato sauce, cumin, oregano and bay leaf and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the olives and raisins and simmer for 5 more minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.
- Season with the salt, remove the bay leaf, and serve hot over white rice.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 570 kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 17.6 g | |
| Water | 202 mL | |
| Fiber | 3 g | 10% |
| Protein | 29.6 g | 62% |
| Tryptophan | 0.16 g | |
| Threonine | 1.1 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.3 g | |
| Leucine | 2.2 g | |
| Lysine | 2.3 g | |
| Methionine | 0.72 g | |
| Cystine | 0.3 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.1 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.87 g | |
| Valine | 1.4 g | |
| Histidine | 0.92 g | |
| Fat | 42.8 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 17.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 5.8 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 5 g | |
| Saturated | 13.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 1.9 g | |
| Cholesterol | 114 mg | |
| Calcium | 87.9 mg | 9% |
| Copper | 0.25 mg | 28% |
| Iron | 5 mg | 28% |
| Magnesium | 51 mg | 16% |
| Manganese | 0.33 mg | 18% |
| Phosphorus | 303 mg | 43% |
| Potassium | 774 mg | 16% |
| Selenium | 25.6 µg | 46% |
| Sodium | 753 mg | |
| Zinc | 7 mg | 88% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.14 mg | 13% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.31 mg | 28% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 7.6 mg | 54% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1 mg | 21% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.75 mg | 58% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 25.7 µg | 6% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 3.4 µg | 143% |
| Choline | 103 mg | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 24.6 µg | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 23.7 mg | 32% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 4.8 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 2.4 mg | 16% |
| Vitamin K | 24.3 µg | 27% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
5.9 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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