The Family Favorite: Beef Picadillo Tacos

No compendium of tacos–especially home-style tacos–would be complete without this comforting, everyday recipe. As with many favorite family recipes, picadillo starts by browning some ground beef and onion, filling it out with potatoes and seasoning with herbs and spices. And, in most Mexican kitchens, with pickled jalapeños. Satisfying and simple as that approach is, I think that without much effort picadillo can go from basic to a dish everyone looks forward to.

[Marlina]

Picadillo is the first meal my Granny taught me how to make. I was 11 y/o. Still make it to this day.

[oldschoolfunkster]

Oh yeah! This is a staple in Mexican families. Brings back memories of mama's cooking. Heck, she even made LEFTOVERS taste delicious!!

[tipsterbl]

Piccadillo is one of my favorite breakfast with potatoes and beans and tortillas. Fried eggs on top is great.

[superintelligentapefromthe]

As someone who's Pops designed and built high end custom kitchen cabinetry this kitchen is ideal.

[kitluedtke]

Rick, love the rustic authenticity you bring in your home kitchen each and every week. Appreciate you very much.

[michellejackson]

Rick Bayless has such an effortless way of making everything look easy. Seeing him in action in Chicago would be amazing, especially with a tour of his rooftop garden.

[rogertemple]

Beef Picadillo Tacos sounds really good and delicious great to see
you preparing and cooking this awesome taco thank you Rick.
😋🌮🌮😋

[welshddraig]

Amazing video, Chef. I love how you respect and try to learn more of México cuisine and culture. My mother's family usually makes chicken pidadillo. You Cook the chicken, shred it and then prepare it just like the beef version. We like also to use olives, raisins and sliced and toasted almolds. In the northern parte of Veracruz state we usually use it to fill tamales.

[lulula]

Looks amazing, can’t wait to make some.

[michaelcorkery]

God bless you Rick and your family. Thank you for your TV show and YouTube videos. 😊

[MarkWilsonNC]

Made this last night and it was a BIG hit! Will be making it again soon. Everyone loved the potatoes in the mix so I might add some extra next time. Great meal. Thanks Rick!

[ninimoulder]

WOW GREAT MEXICAN STYLE TACOS SO DELICIOUS. YUMMIEST 😊

[MrChris]

Yum! Made this tonight and turned out very tasty! Thank you!

[Techmagus]

Made this a couple days ago. I think it tasted better after a night in the fridge as leftovers.
I tried it with the tamazula hot sauce which is pretty good but Cholula Chipotle hot sauce makes it even better.
Thanks for the recipe Rick!

[ChefMLS]

Made this today after watching the video! ¡Que bueno!

[karlanorvell]

I made this last week but used roasted Hatch green chiles instead of jalapenos. It was delicious. Though I put more chiles than usual so it was pretty spicy.

[AveryandAyden]

Not food related but I would love to see an interior design tour of his house. Just from what I can see from the videos I think it would be very interesting.

[gstanley]

I have had a sweet and savory Piccadillo first at Ninfas in Houston that had almonds, raisebs, apple, mango, cumin, chilis, and just a touch of cinnamon and clove spice. I would love to see your take on this alternative version of Piccadillo and to learn about the difference and regions where the two versions originated.

[gerardobrown-manrique]

I make my picadillo more diverse [Cuban influenced], with raisins, capers, sometimes pineapple, canola... and make empanadas.

[jeannamcgregor]

I've made this with both Impossible Burger plant-based meat and Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo. Both are delicious options for vegetarians. 💚