ROPA VIEJA (CUBAN BEEF)
This Cuban braised beef dish literally translates to 'old clothes,' because apparently some people thought the fall-apart meat and colorful strips of onions and peppers, tangled together, looked like old, tattered clothing. You'll love this dish if you're into big, bold flavors, since there's nothing subtle about the seasoning here. Delicious served with beans, rice, and plantain chips. Garnish with more cilantro.
Provided by Chef John
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Stews Beef
Time 11h30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 24
Steps:
- Cut flank steak in half across the grain. Mix salt, black pepper, and cayenne. Season both sides generously with the salt mixture.
- Heat olive oil in a pot over high heat. Add steaks and cook until outsides are well browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove steaks to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add red onion, garlic, and more of the salt seasoning. Cook and stir until starting to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cumin, paprika, oregano, cayenne pepper, cloves, and allspice. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in white wine, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Stir in tomato sauce and chicken broth.
- Return beef and accumulated juices to the pot. Season with salt and add bay leaves. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until beef is almost fork-tender, not falling apart, about 2 hours.
- Remove pot from heat and let stew cool to room temperature, at least 45 minutes. Refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight, for best results.
- Remove beef to a plate and set stew over medium heat. Tear beef along the grain into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-wide shreds; place back in the stew. Add bell peppers, poblanos, smoked paprika, capers, olives, and sugar. Stir together and reduce heat to medium. Simmer until peppers are soft and meat is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Turn off heat, remove bay leaves, and stir in cilantro.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 209 calories, Carbohydrate 10.4 g, Cholesterol 27.5 mg, Fat 12.5 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 11.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 1275 mg, Sugar 5.1 g
SHREDDED STEAK WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS AND TOMATOES (ROPA VIEJA)
Provided by Ingrid Hoffmann
Categories main-dish
Time 3h55m
Yield 16 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Cut the flank steak into large pieces and place them in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the adobo and the Worcestershire sauce to make a paste. Rub the paste into the meat, add the beer, and let marinate for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Transfer the meat, as well as the marinade to a large pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the meat is tender, about 3 hours.
- Remove the meat from the pot and reserve the cooking liquid. Using 2 forks, shred the meat and set it aside.
- Heat the oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions, peppers, scallions, and tomatoes and cook until they are soft, 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste and meat to the pan along with 2 cups of the reserved cooking liquid. Cover and simmer until the juices cook down, about 15 minutes.
- Combine all ingredients.
ROPA VIEJA
Flank steak braised with vegetables and aromatics until it shreds into strands is the national dish of Cuba, though the cooking process is popular throughout Central America and the Caribbean. In Cuba, it's called ropa vieja, which translates to old clothes, a reference to the beef's tattered appearance. In Venezuela and Colombia, you'd call it carne desmechada. This version starts with a sautéed base of peppers and onions, which is further enhanced with olives, capers, raisins and tomatoes. The flavorful mixture works equally well with flank steak, pork butt or even chicken thighs. Serve it with cooked black beans and rice.
Provided by J. Kenji López-Alt
Categories dinner, meat, one pot, main course
Time 3h
Yield 6 cups (4 servings)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Season beef or pork with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over high until lightly smoking. Working in batches as needed, cook the meat in a single layer, turning occasionally, until well browned on all sides, about 8 minutes per batch, reducing heat as necessary if the oil smokes excessively.
- Add braised peppers and onions, tomatoes, olives, raisins, capers and chicken stock. Scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce to a bare simmer, cover with the lid slightly cracked, and cook, stirring occasionally and scraping any crust that has formed at the edges of the pan back into the liquid, until meat is completely tender and shreds easily with two forks, about 2 1/2 hours. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Shred meat with two forks, and serve immediately with white rice, black beans and hearty greens. Ropa vieja can also be shredded, allowed to cool, and stored in the fridge for up to 1 week. It will improve in texture and flavor with time.
BRAISED BEEF AND ONIONS
Categories Beef Onion Braise Quick & Easy Low/No Sugar Wheat/Gluten-Free Meat Fall Winter Gourmet
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
- Pat meat dry. Stir together allspice, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl and rub all over meat.
- Spread half of onions and half of garlic in a 13- by 9-inch roasting pan and arrange meat on top. Spread remaining onions and garlic over meat. Tightly cover pan with foil and roast, turning meat over after 1 hour, until meat is very tender, about 2 1/2 hours total.
- Skim fat from pan juices. Slice meat across the grain and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with onions and pan juices.
BRAISED PEPPERS AND ONIONS
This base of slowly stewed peppers and onions can serve as the foundation for a wide variety of dishes: Add seared flank steak or pork butt, capers, olives, raisins and canned tomatoes, and simmer it into deliciously shreddable Cuban ropa vieja, to enjoy with black beans, rice and braised greens. Slice Italian sausage, sear it along with chicken legs, then add 1/2 cup each of brown sugar and apple cider vinegar, plus a couple of cups of these peppers and onions, and cook until the sauce reduces to a sweet-tart glaze as the meat slowly braises. (Try that on top of boiled yellow potatoes.) Bloom freshly ground ancho, pasilla or other dried chile in oil, then add this sauté, a few cups of cooked black beans and chickpeas, plenty of Mexican oregano and some canned tomatoes to simmer into a rich vegan chili, garnished with roasted sweet potato. But for the simplest use, just slather these peppers on top of a hot dog in a buttered, toasted bun.
Provided by J. Kenji López-Alt
Categories condiments, one pot, vegetables
Time 30m
Yield About 3 cups
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium until shimmering. Add peppers, onion, garlic, cumin, bay leaves, a large pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are completely tender and the mixture is not runny or watery, about 30 minutes. Adjust heat as necessary to prevent any browning.
- Allow mixture to cool, then store in sealed containers in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
ROPA VIEJA
Steps:
- To braise beef:
- In a 5-quart kettle combine all braising ingredients and simmer, uncovered, 1 1/2 hours, or until beef is tender. Remove kettle from heat and cool meat in liquid 30 minutes. Transfer meat to a platter and cover. Strain braising liquid through a colander, pressing on solids, into a bowl. Return braising liquid to kettle and boil until reduced to 3 cups, about 30 minutes. Stew may be made up to this point 1 day ahead. Cool braising liquid completely and chill it and the beef separately, covered.
- In kettle cook green bell peppers and onion in 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened.
- While vegetables are cooking, pull meat into shreds about 3 by 1/2 inches. To onion mixture add shredded meat, 2 cups braising liquid, tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
- While stew is simmering, in a large skillet cook red and yellow bell peppers in remaining 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir peppers into stew with enough additional braising liquid to thin to desired consistency and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Stir in peas and olives and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
- Serve ropa vieja with yellow rice.
- To make the yellow rice:
- In a heavy 3-quart saucepan heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté cuminseed 10 seconds, or until it turns a few shades darker and is fragrant. Stir in saffron and rice and sauté, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes, or until rice is coated well. Stir in water and salt and boil rice, uncovered and without stirring, until surface of rice is covered with steam holes and grains on top appear dry, 8 to 10 minutes more. Remove pan from heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork.
ROPA VIEJA (BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS)
A Cuban recipe. Ropa vieja, or "old clothes," describes the shreds of meat, peppers, and onions resembling a mess of colorful rags. Robust stews such as this Cuban specialty are at the heart of West Indian cuisine. Found at epicurious.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Stew
Time 3h50m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 29
Steps:
- To braise beef: In a 5-quart kettle combine all braising ingredients and simmer, uncovered, 1 1/2 hours, or until beef is tender. Remove kettle from heat and cool meat in liquid 30 minutes. Transfer meat to a platter and cover. Strain braising liquid through a colander, pressing on solids, into a bowl. Return braising liquid to kettle and boil until reduced to 3 cups, about 30 minutes. Stew may be made up to this point 1 day ahead. Cool braising liquid completely and chill it and the beef separately, covered.
- In kettle cook green bell peppers and onion in 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened.
- While vegetables are cooking, pull meat into shreds about 3 by 1/2 inches. To onion mixture add shredded meat, 2 cups braising liquid, tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
- While stew is simmering, in a large skillet cook red and yellow bell peppers in remaining 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir peppers into stew with enough additional braising liquid to thin to desired consistency and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Stir in peas and olives and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
- Serve ropa vieja with yellow rice.
- To make the yellow rice: In a heavy 3-quart saucepan heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté cuminseed 10 seconds, or until it turns a few shades darker and is fragrant. Stir in saffron and rice and sauté, stirring, 1 to 2 minutes, or until rice is coated well. Stir in water and salt and boil rice, uncovered and without stirring, until surface of rice is covered with steam holes and grains on top appear dry, 8 to 10 minutes more. Remove pan from heat and let rice stand, covered, 5 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork.
More about "braised beef peppers and onions ropa vieja recipes"
CUBAN BRAISED SHREDDED BEEF (ROPA VIEJA) - AMERICA'S …
From americastestkitchen.com
ROPA VIEJA | SHREDDED BEEF BRISKET - CHEF ZEE COOKS
From chefzeecooks.com
ROPA VIEJA - BRAISED BEEF IN SPICY TOMATO AND PEPPER …
From rachaelrayshow.com
BRAISED SHREDDED BEEF STEW WITH RED BEANS (ROPA …
From finecooking.com
ROPA VIEJA – CUBAN BRAISED SHREDDED BEEF WITH BELL PEPPERS
From tasteoftheplace.com
Cuisine CubanEstimated Reading Time 4 minsCategory Entree
BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS AND ONIONS: ROPA VIEJA – RECIPES NETWORK
From recipenet.org
BRAISED BEEF WITH BACON AND ONION RECIPE - PCC COMMUNITY MARKETS
From pccmarkets.com
ROPA VIEJA RECIPE IN SPANISH - THERESCIPES.INFO
From therecipes.info
SLOW COOKER ROPA VIEJA RECIPE BEEF STEW WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS
From keleefitness.com
SLOW COOKER CUBAN BRAISED BEEF AND PEPPERS - REAL SIMPLE
From realsimple.com
ROPA VIEJA | RECIPE | BRAISED BEEF, STUFFED PEPPERS, INDIAN CUISINE
From pinterest.com
(BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS) ROPA VIEJA, OR "OLD CLOTHES ...
From pinterest.ca
ROPA VIEJA | EPICURIOUS RECIPES, TRADITIONAL BEEF STEW, RECIPES
From pinterest.ca
ROPA VIEJA (CUBAN BEEF + PEPPERS) - MODERN HOMEMADE
From modernhomemade.com
ROPA VIEJA | CLEAN EATING RECIPES, ROPA VIEJA RECIPE, MEXICAN FOOD …
From pinterest.co.uk
ROPA VIEJA (OLD RAGS) -CUBAN BRAISED BEEF, SLOW COOKER …
From marymoccia.blog
ROPA VIEJA | SHREDDED BEEF — ZOE KELLY
From itszoekelly.com
BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS AND ONIONS: ROPA VIEJA - PLAIN.RECIPES
From plain.recipes
ROPA VIEJA (SLOW COOKER CUBAN BRAISED BEEF) - TARA …
From tarateaspoon.com
CUBAN BRAISED BEEF POT ROAST, ROPA VIEJA - BARIATRIC EATING
From bariatriceating.com
INSTANT POT ROPA VIEJA - FLAVOR MOSAIC
From flavormosaic.com
WEEKEND RECIPE: CUBAN BRAISED SHREDDED BEEF (ROPA VIEJA)
From kcet.org
BRAISED BEEF ROPA VIEJA | UPMEALS
From shop.upmeals.ca
ROPA VIEJA RECIPE (CUBAN-STYLE BRAISED, PULLED STEAK) - FOOD NEWS
From foodnewsnews.com
CUBAN ROPA VIEJA RECIPE (SLOW COOKER & INSTANT POT) - LEMON …
From lemonblossoms.com
SHREDDED STEAK WITH PEPPERS ONIONS AND TOMATOES …
From wikifoodhub.com
BRAISED BEEF PEPPERS AND ONIONS ROPA VIEJA BEST RECIPES
From findrecipes.info
ROPA VIEJA (BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS AND ONIONS) WITH RICE, BEANS, …
From savoryfareinc.com
ROPA VIEJA FOOD - ALL INFORMATION ABOUT HEALTHY RECIPES AND …
From therecipes.info
BRISKET ROPA VIEJA - CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF
From certifiedangusbeef.com
BRAISED BEEF, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS (ROPA VIEJA) RECIPE | EAT YOUR …
From eatyourbooks.com
ROPA VIEJA (AKA CUBAN STYLE SHREDDED BEEF) - CLOSET COOKING
From closetcooking.com
"OLD CLOTHES" BRAISED BEEF WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS (ROPA VIEJA) …
From eatyourbooks.com
You'll also love