Picadillo

Cooked ground meat mixed with potatoes
Recipe credit

California Health Department - Los Angeles County, Es Facil Campaign.

About this recipe

Serves
6
Serving size
1 cup, 1/6 of recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 pound turkey, ground, 85% lean
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 5 carrot (small, diced)
  • 2 zucchini (medium, or other squash)
  • 2 potatoes (medium, diced)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 1/4 cups Mexican style tomato sauce (10 1/2 ounce can)
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Directions

  • Brown ground turkey in a non-stick frying pan.
  • Add onions, carrots, squash, potatoes, salt, pepper, and cumin. Sauté for about 5 minutes.
  • Add tomato sauce and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are tender.
  • Dissolve cornstarch in about 1 Tablespoon of cold water, add to mixture, bring back to a boil until gravy thickens. Serve.

Nutritional info

Calories
254
Total fat
10 g
Saturated fat
3 g
Cholesterol
55 mg
Sodium
691 mg
Total carbohydrates
25 g
Dietary fiber
5 g
Protein
17 g
Total sugar
8 g