{
  "id": "CAT04-R05",
  "slug": "cat04-r05-picadillo-with-olives-and-raisins",
  "url": "https://www.thisisflorida.us/florida-recipes/recipes/cat04-r05-picadillo-with-olives-and-raisins.html",
  "title": "Picadillo with Olives and Raisins",
  "category": "Meals (Cuban-FL, citrus, pork, chicken, rice)",
  "category_id": "CAT04",
  "language": "en",
  "yield_servings_base": 4,
  "servings_scale_options": [
    2,
    4,
    6,
    8
  ],
  "prep_time_minutes": 15,
  "cook_time_minutes": 30,
  "total_time_minutes": 45,
  "primary_cooking_method": "STOVETOP",
  "primary_food": "ground beef",
  "vegetarian": false,
  "allergens": [],
  "ingredients": [
    "1.5 pounds lean ground beef",
    "1 tablespoon olive oil",
    "1 onion, diced",
    "1 green bell pepper, diced",
    "4 garlic cloves, minced",
    "1 cup tomato sauce",
    "1/2 cup pimiento-stuffed green olives, halved",
    "1/3 cup raisins",
    "1 teaspoon ground cumin",
    "1 teaspoon dried oregano",
    "1 teaspoon salt",
    "1/2 teaspoon black pepper",
    "4 cups cooked white rice, for serving"
  ],
  "directions": [
    "Wash the bell pepper under running water before dicing. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.",
    "Add the ground beef and break it up with a spoon. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, until no pink remains, then spoon off excess fat.",
    "Add the onion and bell pepper and cook 5 minutes, until softened.",
    "Stir in the garlic, cumin, oregano, salt, and pepper and cook 1 minute.",
    "Add the tomato sauce, olives, and raisins. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat to low, and simmer partly covered 15 minutes, stirring now and then, until thick.",
    "Check the beef with an instant-read thermometer — ground beef must reach 160°F.",
    "Serve hot over white rice.",
    "Chill leftovers within 2 hours (1 hour if the room is above 90°F)."
  ],
  "food_safety": "Ground beef must reach 160°F; browned color alone is not a reliable sign. Wash hands, boards, and utensils after handling raw ground beef. Chill leftovers within 2 hours (1 hour if above 90°F).",
  "skill_taught": "Browning ground beef and confirming it reaches 160°F with a thermometer.",
  "source": "This Is Florida — Florida Recipes v1.0",
  "license_note": "Free to read on thisisflorida.us. Do not scrape for commercial republishing without permission."
}