Basic Meat Filling

Name: Basic Meat Filling (Receta Básica para Rellenos de Carne)
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 6 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 1 teaspoon capers; 1 pound lean ground beef or pork; 6 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 6 dry prunes, pitted and chopped, optional; 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped, optional; ¼ cup tomato sauce (see Note); 2 tablespoons seeded raisins, optional; 2 canned pimientos, chopped, optional; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil, chopped; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil, chopped; 2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced; 1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced; 2 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped; 1 onion, peeled, chopped; 3 sweet chili peppers, seeded, chopped; 1 green pepper, seeded, chopped; 1 pound lean ground beef or pork; ¼ teaspoon vinegar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon whole dried orégano

Receta Básica para Rellenos de Carne

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

1 ounce salt pork, washed and diced
2 ounces lean cured ham, washed and diced

Americas
Main course
Gluten-free
Puerto Rico
Caribbean

Method

In a caldero or heavy kettle, brown rapidly salt pork and ham. Reduce heat to low, add ingredients included in B, and saute for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add ingredients included in C, mix, and stir over high heat until meat loses its red color.
Turn heat to low. Add ingredients included