Three Guys From Miami Cook Cuban


Jorge: Confession time: Cubans eat a lot of rice. There I said it, and
I'm glad I got that off of my chest. I love my rice and I'm proud of
it!

Glenn: Do Cubans ever get sick of all that rice? Not in the annals of
recorded history!

Raúl: There are times when we don't have rice on the table.

Jorge: I'm thinking hurricane-the last time we ran out of rice at our
house!

Glenn: However, there are a few dishes that ARE NOT served with rice.
This is a nice picadillo recipe that has the starch built in, so rice
is not necessary. That's right, rice is NOT necessary in this dish!

Jorge: I think I'm going to cry . . .

Ingredients:

3 cups peeled and diced potatoes
Olive oil for sautéing
2 cups chopped onion2 cups diced green pepper
2 pounds ground beef or ground round
6 small Roma tomatoes, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup chopped green olives
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup red wine
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Sauté potatoes in olive oil until lightly brown and set aside. Sauté
onion and green pepper in olive oil. Add the ground beef, chopped
tomatoes, and garlic. Cook uncovered until the beef is browned,
stirring frequently. Add the potatoes, green olives, vinegar, red
wine, salt, and black pepper to the beef mixture. Cover and simmer
about 30 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.

Serve hot. Without rice. That's right-WITHOUT rice! (Would someone
please pick Raúl up off of the floor?)

Serves 8.


Glenn Lindgren, Raúl Musibay, and Jorge Castillo are the Three Guys
from Miami. They run the website: iCuban.com The Internet Cuban and
are the authors of "Three Guys From Miami Cook Cuban: 100 Great Cuban
Recipes with a Touch of Miami Spice (Gibbs Smith, Publisher,
Hardcover, $29.95.) Recipes are excerpted from the book with the
author's permission.