¡Hoy es sábado sabroso! (Today is savory Saturday!)
La fecha es el primero (1st) de febrero del año dos mil veinticinco. (The date is February 1, 2025.)
El plato de la semana es: picadillo de arracache. (The dish of the week is: arracacha picadillo.)
We learned about picadillo, a popular Latin American dish with finely chopped ingredients. Picadillo de arracache is a signature Costa Rican picadillo featuring the Andean root vegetable arracacha.
Para preparar el picadillo de arracache: (To prepare picadillo de arracache, we need:)
| arracache | (arracacha) |
| papa | (potato) |
| carne molida | (ground meat) |
| cebolla | (onion) |
| achiote | (annatto) |
| sal | (salt) |
| ajo | (garlic) |
| chile dulce | (sweet pepper) |
| culantro | (culantro) |
| aceite | (oil) |
Follow this five-minute video receta (recipe) to prepare some picadillo de arracache to accompany rice or tortillas. ¡Buen provecho! (Bon appetit!)
¡Que tengas un sábado sabrosísimo! (May you have super savory Saturday!)
L. A. Feliz