Vaca Frita
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs skirt steaks
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 tomatoes, quartered
- 1 carrot, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
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To Finish the Dish
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice or 3 tablespoons sour orange juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion, sliced as thinly as possible
directions
- Combine the beef, quartered onion, tomato, carrot, and garlic cloves with 6 cups of water in a large pot.
- Bring to a boil over high heat.
- Skim off the scum that rises to the surface.
- Reduce the heat and simmer the beef, uncovered, skimming often, until tender, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Strain the meat, discard broth or save for another use.
- Let the meat cool.
- Using the tip of a knife, or your fingertips, tear the meat, along the grain, into the thinnest possible shreds.
- Toss the meat with the minced garlic, salt, and lime juice in a mixing bowl.
- Let marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes, or as long as overnight.
- About 5 minutes before serving, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan until smoking.
- Add the meat and saute over medium-high heat until crisp, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer the meat to plates or a platter with a slotted spoon or tongs.
- Add the sliced onion to the pan and fry until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
- Top the Vaca Frita with the fried onion and serve at once, preferably with white rice and black beans.
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Reviews
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This was very tasty. I really liked the lime flavor. I had to use canned tomatoes because all I could find here at the moment would not have been a pleasant addition. (I did take that into consideration when rating) It is easy to prepare and I served it with rice. I think I would also like it on toasted bread. I may try it with the sour orange juice next time for my husband.
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This recipe was very good... next time I make it though, I need to let it marinate for more than an hour. The texture was amazing, and reminded me of some of the amazing cuban restaurants I've been to in Miami. I think if I let it marinate overnight, however, it'd have more of the "kick" that I'm used to with Vaca Frita.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Hey Jude
Winter, Wisconsin