Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo

Name: Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams 90-percent-lean ground beef; 177 milliliters canned crushed tomatoes; 1 Tbsp capers; 59 milliliters dried cherries, roughly chopped; 59 milliliters dry sherry; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro, plus more leaves for serving; 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 0 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 118 milliliters finely chopped onion; 59 milliliters pimento-stuffed green olives, sliced in rounds; 4 mediums sweet potatoes

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo Head to the store and pick up onion, garlic, pimento-stuffed olives, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 425°. Pierce potatoes all over with a fork and place on an aluminum foil–lined baking sheet; bake until tender, 50 minutes. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Cook onion until soft, 4 minutes.

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Potato

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Aluminum Foil

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Add garlic, cumin and cinnamon; cook, 1 minute.

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Cinnamon

Garlic

Cumin

Add beef and cook through, 5 minutes.

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Beef

Add sherry and cook, stirring, 2 minutes.

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Sherry

Add tomatoes, cherries, olives, capers and salt; reduce heat and simmer,5 minutes; stir in chopped cilantro. Slice openpotatoes and mash insides with a fork; divide beefmixture and cilantro leaves among potatoes.

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Cilantro