1. 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.