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Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo Recipe
Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo Recipe-February 2024
Feb 12, 2026 9:02 AM
Sweet Potatoes with Cuban-Style Beef Picadillo

  To cut baking time, fork the tuber a few times, then nuke for 5 minutes.

  

Ingredients

Serves 4

  4 medium sweet potatoes

  2 teaspoons olive oil

  1/2 cup finely chopped onion

  2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic

  1 teaspoon ground cumin

  1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  12 ounces 90-percent-lean ground beef

  1/4 cup dry sherry

  3/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes

  1/4 cup dried cherries, roughly chopped

  1/4 cup pimento-stuffed green olives, sliced in rounds

  1 tablespoon capers

  1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

  2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, plus more leaves for serving

  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. Add garlic, cumin and cinnamon; cook, 1 minute. Add beef and cook through, 5 minutes. Add sherry and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, cherries, olives, capers and salt; reduce heat and simmer, 5 minutes; stir in chopped cilantro. Slice open potatoes and mash insides with a fork; divide beef mixture and cilantro leaves among potatoes.

  

Nutrition Per Serving

Per serving: 448 calories

  12 g fat

  4 g saturated fat

  62 g carbohydrate

  9 g fiber

  22 g protein

  #### Nutritional analysis provided by Self

  Prep Once, Enjoy Twice:

  Double the potato stuffing and freeze half for a chili dinner another night.

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