The nutrition facts are linked with each of the three recipes below. For
those of you that live in place where meat is measured in ounces instead of
kilograms, this is the perfect opportunity to check out Calorie Count’s
Conversion tool (link on the right hand side of this blog).
Crock Pot Steak Picadillo
Ingredients:
0.58 kg lean beef stew meat
2 large potatoes
3 cups beef broth
1/4 cup salsa
Directions:
In a Crock Pot, put stew meat, beef broth, salsa and
potatoes. Let cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is extremely tender and
potatoes are soft.
Add stew meat to a skillet, and then add cooked potatoes.
Add beef broth. Cook and stir until mixture becomes a soft paste.
Spoon into
tortilla of your choice or use as a tostada topping.
Polish Sausage Picadillo
Ingredients:
243 g polish sausage, chopped
467 g potatoes, boiled
250 g mixed vegetables
1 cup water
1 cube beef bouillon
Directions:
Boil potatoes until soft. Drain; set aside.
Chop polish sausage. Saute in skillet with cooking spray;
set aside.
Add water and beef bouillon to skillet. When bouillon is
dissolved, add potatoes and cook until the consistency is like a paste. Add
sausage and mixed veggies.
You may boil the mixed veggies beforehand in a little
chicken broth if desired.
Serve as a tostada topping or as a taco filling.
Ground Beef Picadillos
Ingredients:
0.38 kg 90% lean ground beef
3 large potatoes
1 cup beef broth
1 1/2 cup nopales
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp pepper
Directions:
Boil nopales in water, adding some onion and garlic if
desired, until tender. Salt may also be added during boiling. When nopales are
tender, add a small pinch of baking soda (not until the very end, or it will
boil over!).
In a frying pan, cook ground beef until brown. Drain fat.
Add cooked potatoes (boil or put in Crock Pot for 4 hours until tender). Add
beef broth and nopales. Cook until mixture becomes a soft paste.
Spoon into
tortilla of your choice, or top tostada shells or other foods with this mixture.
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