Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2013

This is one of my new favorite meals! I served it over rice. I didn't have any green peppers but it still tasted amazing! My husband is a picky eater so I thought he might not like the idea of raisins and olives in this dish (he doesn't really like either one), but to my amazement he really liked this dish. I served fried plaintains on the side. This is a keeper!

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Heather B

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Living In: Ashland City, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2013

Nice recipe, but next time might leave out the sugar. Wasn't sure if I was supposed to drain the tomatoes, but I didn't. Took some of the broth out & added cornstarch to thicken a little, served on Jasmine rice with tossed salad, Tostones & Cuban bread. It was good, but not excellent...leaving out the sugar might help.

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ReeRee's Kitchen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2012

First off, you don't need the olive oil as there is enough fat in Chorizo and ground beef. The cinnamon is a little overpowering so I would reduce that next time. This tastes like a fancy sloppy joe. I chopped up the raisins since I dont like raisins and followed someone else's suggestion to simmer the raisins and capers with the mixture so the flavors could meld more. I followed the recipe to the letter with the omission of the almonds and olive oil. Its a good hearty recipe. We served it over white rice. Will make again with less cinnamon and will try adding achiote to go with my puerto rican heritage.

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Stasia

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sonora, California, USA

Living In: Modesto, California, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2012

Amazing! Cut the hot spices in 1/2 but other than that followed the recipe!

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VREEVE

Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2012

Possibly one of the most amazing things that you will ever eat. It is spicy, sweet, complex, and not hard to prepare at all. When you add the dry spices, and they release their fragrance, your mouth instantly starts watering. You have to make this!

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Chef Penguin

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Long Island, New York, USA

Living In: Olathe, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2011

Good flavor, easy to make.

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ASTROPHE

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2011

Love this recipe. I drain all the liquid and put this in empanadas. Little bites of heaven.

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ShelleyDL

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: College Station, Texas, USA

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2011

wonderful flavors! halved the recipe and served it with rice and fried bananas on the side. easy recipe to follow. will do this again.

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KaisBiaje

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2011

Now, I must state that I know next to nothing about Puerto Rican food. There is one restaurant in San Rafael, Ca I go to and my fiancee can not stop ravign about the food there. His favorite dish is the picadillo. I did make a few modifications due to a shortage of ingredients. I omitted the bell pepper since when I got home I found out the one I had had spoiled. Also I didn't have any raisins on hand. NO onion since I hate them, I added 6 cloves of garlic instead. * I have since doubled the spices and it is very tasty. I used 1.5 cups fresh tomatoes because I had some from the garden that needed to be used. Chicken stock since I didn't have any beef. NO chorizo sausage at the store so I bought linguica and cut it into thin rounds Lastly no almonds since I am allergic to them. With all these modifications I made some fabulous puerto rican chili! Served with beans, this is amazing. I am adding this to my winter recipes. Generally cheap to make once you have the capers and olives on hand.

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Callista

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Eureka, California, USA

Living In: Sonoma, California, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2011

dh doesn't like olives or capers, yet I still put them in and he adored this. The only changes I made was omitting the chili powder and using ground turkey and soyrizo to cut down on fat. We ate it with middle eastern flat bread inspired by the photo.

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