Dinner

Beef Picadillo with Rice

Name: Beef Picadillo with Rice
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 150 g Beef mince, 5% fat; 140 g Cooked white rice; 200 g Chopped tomatoes, tinned; 80 g Onion; 80 g Green pepper; 6 olives, about 24 g Olives, pitted; 15 g Raisins; 5 g Olive oil; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 1 tsp Ground cumin; A pinch Ground cinnamon; To taste Salt

Latin American mince stew with tomato, green pepper, olives and a few raisins for sweetness, over rice. 40 g of protein for 596 kcal.

Calories: 596kcal
Protein: 40g
Fat: 16g
Carbs: 69g

Per serving, makes 1. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

None of the fourteen declared allergens is in the ingredient list as written.

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Ingredients

Beef mince, 5% fat150 g
Weighed raw. Standard 20% mince is nearly twice the calories at the same weight.
Cooked white rice140 g
Cooked weight. About 50 g of dry rice becomes 130 g cooked.
Chopped tomatoes, tinned200 g
Onion80 g
Green pepper80 g
Olives, pitted6 olives, about 24 g
Raisins15 g
Odd on paper. They dissolve into the sauce and it is not the same without them.
Olive oil5 g
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Ground cumin1 tsp
Ground cinnamonA pinch
SaltTo taste

Method

Soften the chopped onion and pepper in the oil for eight minutes. Add the mince and fry hard until browned.
Stir in the garlic, cumin and cinnamon for a minute, then the tomatoes, halved olives and raisins.
Simmer uncovered for fifteen minutes until thick and glossy. Season and serve over the rice.

Worth knowing

Raisins and olives together are the whole point of the dish: sweet and salty in the same forkful. Fifteen grams of raisins is 45 kcal.
Traditional versions add diced potato to the pan. Swap 100 g of the rice for 150 g of potato and the calories are roughly the same.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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