Ropa Vieja (Cuban Braised Beef)
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servings: 6
total time:
recipe by: Rae
Ingredients
- 1 (2-pound) beef bottom round roast
- Salt and pepper
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 onions, halved and sliced thin
- 2 red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and sliced into 1/4-inch-wide strips
- 2 anchovy fillets, rinsed, patted dry, and minced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 bay leaves
- 3/4 cup pitted green olives, chopped coarse
- 3/4 teaspoon white wine vinegar
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees.
- 2.Cut roast against grain into 2-inch-wide, 2-inch-thick strips. Cut any strips longer than 5 inches in half crosswise.
- 3.Season beef on all sides with salt and pepper.
- 4.Heat 4 tablespoons oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown beef on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes; transfer to large plate and set aside.
- Add onions and bell peppers and cook until softened and pan bottom develops fond, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer vegetables to bowl and set aside.
- Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to now-empty pot along with the anchovy, garlic, cumin, and oregano and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in wine, scraping up any browned bits, and cook until mostly evaporated, about 1 minute.
- Stir in broth, tomato sauce, and bay leaves. Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot and bring to simmer over high heat.
- 8.Put in oven and cook, covered, until beef is just tender, 2 hours.
- Put beef in a bowl. Remove and discard bay leaves. When beef is cool enough to handle, shred into 1/4-inch-thick pieces.I kinda just smash it with my tongs.
- Meanwhile, add olives and reserved vegetables to pot and bring to boil over medium-high heat; simmer until thickened about 10 minutes over medium heat.
- Stir in beef. Add vinegar, extra vinegar to taste; serve.
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