Puerto rican beef stew (carne guisada puertor
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Vegetable oil |
| 2 | pounds | Beef top round -- cut in 1\" |
| Chunks | ||
| 1 | Green pepper -- seeded | |
| 4 | Sweet chile peppers -- | |
| Seeded | ||
| 2 | Onion -- peeled | |
| 4 | Cloves garlic -- peeled | |
| 6 | Fresh cilantro leaves -- | |
| Washed | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Vinegar -- or fresh lime |
| Juice | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Dried oregano |
| ½ | cup | Tomato sauce |
| 2 | Bay leaves | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Salt |
| ½ | pounds | Carrot -- cut in 1/2\" |
| Pieces | ||
| 1 | can | Green peas |
| ½ | pounds | Potatoes -- cubed |
| 12 | Olives -- pimiento stuffed | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Capers |
| ½ | cup | Seeded raisins -- |
| (optional) | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
I love Puerto Rican Food!... It's usually simple, yet rich with lots of cilantro and garlic!!. Enclosed are examples of 4 dishes that can be simplified to taste. I always add mucho mas cilantro, peppers and garlic with fresh ingredients (I never used canned foods).
I prefer to also add a pinch of red chili powder just to make it interesting (not a traditional ingredient in Puerto Rican food).
In a large heavy kettle, brown meat in oil.
Add green pepper, sweet chili, onions, cloves, cilantro, vinegar (or lime juice), oregano, tomato sauce, bay leaves, and salt. Mix and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 1 hour.
Add carrots to kettle. Drain liquid from peas into kettle and mix (reserve peas) Bring rapidly to a boil, reduce to low, cover and cook about 1 hr until meat is almost fork-tender..
Add potatoes, olives, capers, raisins, and ½ tsp salt, bring rapidly to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook about 1 hour, or until meat is fork-tender and vegetables are done.
Ad reserved peas and mix. Taste and adjust seasoning (uncover, and boil to thicken sauce to taste).
Tammie K Nakamura <nakamurt@...> Recipe By : Puerto Rican Cookery ISBN 0-88289-411-0 From: Date: