Carne Guisada Puerto Rican style
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Cut the beef for stew into cubes.
- 2Place the beef cubes in a bowl and add vinegar.
- 3Mix the beef and vinegar with your hands.
- 4Season the beef with salt, black pepper, adobo, and cumin.
- 5Mix the beef with tongs to combine the seasonings.
- 6Heat olive oil in a pan over a stove.
- 7Add the seasoned beef to the hot pan and sear.
- 8Stir the beef occasionally with tongs until browned.
- 9In a mortar, crush garlic cloves and dried oregano.
- 10Pour the mixture into a blender and blend until a sofrito paste is formed.
- 11Add sofrito to the beef in the pan.
- 12Add the crushed garlic and oregano to the beef.
- 13Sprinkle a beef bouillon cube over the beef.
- 14Add a spoonful of tomato paste.
- 15Mix all the ingredients together in the pan.
- 16Pour red wine into the pan.
- 17Add water to the pan.
- 18Add bay leaves to the stew.
- 19Cover the pan and let it simmer.
- 20Peel and chop potatoes into cubes.
- 21Peel and chop carrots into rounds.
- 22Check on the beef stew and stir.
- 23Add more water if needed.
- 24Add the chopped potatoes to the stew.
- 25Add the chopped carrots to the stew.
- 26Pour more water into the pan.
- 27Sprinkle half a beef bouillon cube over the vegetables.
- 28Mix the vegetables into the stew.
- 29Cover the pan and continue to cook.
- 30Peel a green plantain.
- 31Slice the plantain into thick pieces.
- 32Fry the plantain slices in oil until golden.
- 33Remove the lid from the stew and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.
- 34Serve the carne guisada over rice with fried plantains and sliced avocado.
Ingredients
- 2 lb beef for stew
- vinegar
- salt
- black pepper
- adobo
- cumin
- olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- oregano
- 1 spoon sofrito
- 1 cube beef bouillon cube
- 1 spoon tomato paste
- red wine
- water
- 2 leaves bay leaves
- 2 units potatoes
- 2 units carrots
- 0.5 cube half beef bouillon cube
- 1 unit green plantain
- chopped cilantro
Equipment
cutting boardknifebowltongspanstovemortar and pestleblender
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