noun
- a Spanish or Latin American dish of ground meat cooked with onions, tomatoes, and spices, often including olives or raisins
Usage: countable and uncountable; common in Cuban, Mexican, and Puerto Rican cuisine
Examples
- My grandmother made a delicious picadillo with ground beef and green olives.
- The restaurant serves picadillo with rice and black beans.
- She learned to cook picadillo from her mother's traditional recipe.
- Picadillo is a staple dish in many Caribbean households.
- The picadillo filling was perfect for the empanadas.