Ropa Vieja in a Crock Pot
Ropa Vieja in a Crock Pot

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Ropa Vieja in a Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja in a Slow Cooker. Cuban Ropa Vieja is also known as Shredded Beef, and this easy recipe is made in the Crock Pot. Seared beef covered with onions, garlic and peppers then braised in a flavorful green chili tomato sauce until it is fall apart tender.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ropa vieja in a crock pot using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ropa Vieja in a Crock Pot:
  1. Make ready 2 lb flank steak
  2. Prepare 1 green bell pepper thinly sliced
  3. Make ready 1 red bell pepper thinly sliced
  4. Get 1 large yellow onion sliced
  5. Get 2 clove garlic minced
  6. Get 1 tsp ground cumin
  7. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
  8. Make ready 1/3 cup chopped cilantro
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp tomatoe paste
  10. Take 1 cup chicken stock
  11. Prepare 1 salt to taste
  12. Prepare 1 tsp pepper
  13. Take 2 tbsp vegetable oil or olive oil

Transfer beef to a slow cooker. My family calls it Ropa Vieja because the day before my mom would boil the beef to make soup stock then the meat would make Ropa Vieja the next day. We also put the cooked meat in a large baggie and carefully smash it to shred it. One of my most requested dishes.

Steps to make Ropa Vieja in a Crock Pot:
  1. Salt flank steak both sides. In a pan, add oil and heat to high. Add flank steak and sear til golden brown on both sides about 2 minutes each side.
  2. Add steak to crock pot. In remaining oil in pan add tomatoe paste and chicken stock and mix til paste is melted. Add pepper, oregano, cumin, garlic to pan and mix until incorporated with paste. Pour over flank steak.
  3. Add bell pepper, oregano and onion to crock pot. Mix and set to low for 6 hours.
  4. After done, remove meat and shred with 2 forks. Put back into crock pot and mix with remaining ingredients. Serve over rice or make tacos with tortillas. Yum!
  5. If you choose to do this in the oven in a Dutch oven dish… sear meat in Dutch oven in oil on both sides. Add the rest of the ingredients and place in oven for 2.5 to 3 hours on 325°F.

Ropa vieja is a treasured Cuban dish of meat and tomatoes. In Spanish, "ropa vieja" means "old clothes"—the finished dish of shredded beef with vegetables such as peppers and onions looks like a pile of torn clothes. Traditionally, the cut of meat used in ropa vieja is flank steak, which has not only become expensive but also doesn't have enough fat to slow cook properly without drying out. Rub each side of the steak with Adobo seasoning. Slice peppers, onion and garlic and add to the slow cooker along with the olives.

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