Cuban Ropa Vieja Recipe

Cuban Ropa Vieja Recipe

from lemonblossoms.com
100 min
6 servings

Cuban Ropa Vieja, the popular national dish of Cuba, is made with flank steak braised in a flavorful sauce made with bell peppers, onions and briny pimento stuffed olives. It is then shredded into long strands and served over rice.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds flank steak
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, avocado or vegetable oil, (divided) ( or more if needed)
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced ( (I used red, green and yellow)
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  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon (optional)
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth (or more if needed)
  • 1 14-ounces can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 carrot, peeled and cut into thirds
  • 1 celery rib, cut into thirds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cup pimento-stuffed Manzanilla olives, drained and sliced
  • 1 4-ounces jar sliced pimentos
  • 2 tablespoons capers, drained ((optional but recommended))
  • Chopped cilantro or parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350ºF.

  2. 2

    Follow the stove top instructions from step 2 to 5 then, place the carrots and celery at the bottom of the slow cooker. Place half of the pepper and onions on top. Place the seared flank steak on top of the vegetables and pour the rest of the onion/pepper mixture on top.Stir in the wine, broth, tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, oregano, cumin, all-spice, paprika, and bay leaves. Gently mix to combine.

  3. 3

    Follow the stove top instructions from step 2 to 5 using your Instant pot sauté function to sear the beef and sauté the vegetables. Add the carrots, celery and bay leaves tucking all the ingredients under the sauce.