Picadillo (Ground beef stew)

INGREDIENTS

1/2 kg lean ground beef
3 medium tomatoes
1 medium finely chopped white onion
1 cup assorted veggies (carrots, chickpeas, green beans, all vegies can be frozen)
1/2 cup cubed potatoes
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp olive oil
1 serrano chile (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Add olive oil to a stew pot, add 1/2 chopped onion and then, once fried add the cubed potatoes, cook for 3 min and add lean ground beef cook for 3 more min and add 1 chopped tomato, cook thoroughly. Stir it a bit.

Add all frozen veggies to the pot, and stir them for 5 minutes.
While the meat is cooking, to a blender add the other 2 tomatoes, the stock and the other 1/2 onion.

Stir in the blended sauce and season with salt.

Cover and bring to a boil adding the Serrano chile if so. Add more stock if it gets too dry. Once boiled, reduce heat to low and cook for another 15 minutes until the meat is completely cooked. Picadillo must be a bit runny; not too dry or watery.

Serve over white rice!