Ropa Vieja

Submitted by ShanChef

"This Cuban stew is made by slow cooking a flank steak until very tender. Simmering it for a few hours makes it extremely tender. Ropa Vieja means "old clothes" in Spanish."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs beef flank steak
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 (1/2 ounce) packets sazon goya
• 1 -2 cup water
• 3⁄4 cup sofrito sauce, # 191924
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon adobo seasoning
• 4 cups cooked white rice

directions

1. Season both sides of flank steak with sazon and place in pot with just enough water to cover and simmer for 2 to 3 hours.
2. Remove flank steak and shred with 2 forks. Preserve 1 cup of the liquid.
3. Heat oil in skillet on medium, add sofrito and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add 1 cup of the liquid from the pot, tomato sauce and adobo.
5. Simmer while stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes.
6. Serve over white rice.

Reviews

[Katie Mae]

Excellent although I found it to be VERY SALTY. I would recommend not adding the 1 cup of liquid from the pot and just use a cup of plain water. Other than that, It was a DELICIOUS dish expecially over rice and I will be making it again!!! I made this recipe using already made Sofrito by Goya that I found in the grocery store and used eye of round steaks that I cooked in the crockpot on low for 6 hours along with the sazon and water. The meat was soooo tender! Thanks for posting!!!!