Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ropa vieja / shredded beef stew. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew is something that I have loved my entire life.

A Filling Beef Meal Ropa Vieja is a main course of shredded and braised beef with plenty of healthy, tasty vegetables, like onions, peppers and olives. Our GOYA® Ropa Vieja recipe is sure to satisfy the hungriest of appetites. Lots of rice adds fluffy texture to a full plate, too.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook ropa vieja / shredded beef stew using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew:

1. Prepare 2 tbsp EVOO
2. Prepare 1/2 large Onion
3. Take 1/2 large Green Pepper
4. Take 1/4 cup Green Olives
5. Make ready 1 clove Garlic
6. Prepare 2 tbsp Sofrito
7. Make ready 1 envelope Sazon
8. Get 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
9. Make ready 2 cup Water
10. Get 1 cup Chicken or Beef Stock
11. Take 1 Salt to taste
12. Take 1 Pepper to taste
13. Prepare 1/2 bunch Cilantro (optional)
14. Make ready 1 tsp Oregano
15. Take 1 tsp Garlic Powder
16. Get 1 tsp Onion Powder
17. Make ready 1 tsp Red Wine Vinegar
18. Take 4 oz Tomato Sauce
19. Get 1 1/2 lb Flank Steak (approximately)
20. Get 1 Bay Leaf

It's a flavorful stew made with peppers, tomatoes, and flank steak cooked low-and-slow until the meat is tender enough to effortlessly pull apart into long shreds that resemble the fibers of. Shredded beef and vegetables that resemble a heap of colorful rags - that's Ropa Vieja. From the Spanish term for "old clothes", this is Traditionally it was a way to stretch the leftovers of stews such as puchero or cocida, both of which are garbanzo-based dishes as is the original Spanish version of. A hearty beef stew made Cuban-style with shredded flank steak, bell peppers, onions, and a flavorful tomato sauce.

Steps to make Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew:

1. Thoroughly rinse and dry your meat. Cut into 3 big slices.
2. Add EVOO to a large (somewhat deep) pan and brown the meat on medium to low heat. At this point we just want to brown the meat not completely cook it so only about 5 minutes on each side.
3. In the mean-time, slice the onion and green pepper and chop the garlic and cilantro.
4. Once meat is browned, take out of the pan and set aside. In the same pan, add vegetables (onions, green peppers, garlic). Add more EVOO if necessary. Cook until onions are translucent then add sazon, chucken bouillon, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, sofrito, olives, tomato sauce, bay leaf, vinegar, stock and water. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.
5. After 5 minutes, add meat to sauce. Cover and cook on Low for about 2 hours or until meat is tender and easily shreddable.
6. After 2 - 2 1/2 hours, shred beef inside the pan with 2 wooden spoons (or forks). Adjust seasoning if necessary. Add cilantro, cover pan and cook for 10 more minutes.
7. Serve with white rice or mashed potatoes and Enjoy!

A national Cuban recipe, "Ropa Vieja" is tender beef that is slowly braised with spices then finished in a seasoned tomato sauce. Shred it with a couple of forks and set aside. I like to save the rest of the broth for using in other soups or stews. Cuban Ropa Vieja is tender beef that's slow cooked in a savory broth with wine, tomato sauce and Latin spices, then shredded to look like rags Shred the beef, and toss it back into the sauce. The great thing about Cuban ropa vieja is it tastes even more amazing after sitting in the fridge overnight.

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