Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, "ropa vieja" (shredded beef- panamanain style). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This is great shredded beef served on tortillas or over rice. Add sour cream, cheese, and fresh cilantro on the side. my grandmother is Cuban and makes Ropa Vieja. When I told her I made it.she tried it and loved it.

"Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style) is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have "ropa vieja" (shredded beef- panamanain style) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style):

1. Make ready 1/4 cup cooking wine
2. Take 6 small tomatoes
3. Prepare 3 lb beef (brisket or similar - tasty and easy to tear apart or shred)
4. Make ready 1 small onion (i prefer to add 1/2 or 1tsp powdered)
5. Get 1 can tomato paste (4oz or 113g)
6. Take 1 each salt n pepper (to taste)
7. Prepare 3 clove garlic, minced (or garlic powder)
8. Make ready 1 small bell pepper (you can play with the colors, but green is whats usually used for this)
9. Get 2 tbsp vegetable oil
10. Prepare 2 tbsp sugar (or just enough to lower the acid)

This version of ropa vieja is made with beef and accented with olives and capers. Shredded beef and vegetables that resemble a heap of colorful rags - that's Ropa Vieja. Central in this dish are beef and tomatoes, both naturally umami-rich ingredients. Added to that are zesty bell peppers, caramelized onions, and to that we're going to add some additional ingredients and spices.

Steps to make "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style):

1. Cook the brisket on boiling water until soft and tender. Seasoned the water with salt, garlic and onion (if using powder), pepper. I usually leave it like 1-2 hours.
2. Once its cooked, remove it from pan and let it cool. Separate or tear out the meat. Dice tomatoes in small cubes, and bell pepper too.
3. On a frying pan, add ur vegetable oil and put your tomatoes and bell pepper (if u're using garlic cloves and onion instead of powder u should add them now too). I like to squeeze tomatoes with a fork to get all the juices and flavor.
4. Add your brisket on the pan and stir with veggies. Add the tomato paste and the cooking wine. Let it boil, add the sugar and taste it in case it needs more salt or seasoning.
5. Add enough beef broth (water left from cooking ur beef) to the sauce. Cook it until sauce is ready and thickened.
6. Serve and enjoy!
7. ** This is our traditional version of a very popular dish in Panama, and other countries like Colombia and Venezuela. I have tried it also with chicken and pork and tastes good too!
8. This is great served with white rice or rice and lentils with a simple salad, but i prefer it with caramelized ripe plantains for that sweetness touch (great flavor contrasts in ur mouth)
9. You can also do pita pockets with your leftovers (which i do all the time and will share recipe later); or serve it with corn tortillas (not the mexican style but the ones similar to "arepas" that are fried) for breakfast or as snack.

A national Cuban recipe, "Ropa Vieja" is tender beef that is slowly braised with spices then finished in a seasoned tomato sauce. Of course you will encounter variations from restaurant to restaurant, from cook to cook, but at its core, Ropa Vieja is simply beef that is braised low and slow with vegetables. Ropa Vieja is traditionally made with flank steak - a very flavorful cut of beef. Our Ropa Vieja is oven-braised for four hours in a heavy, cast iron baking pan - and in the end, we were rewarded with tender shredded beef a wonderful tomato and roasted red pepper sauce with a gentle heat from the. Serve with rice, maduros, and beans alongside.

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