"Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style)
"Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, "ropa vieja" (shredded beef- panamanain style). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

"Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

This dish was originated in the Canary Islands. It is made of slow-cooked shredded beef with peppers and onions in a spicy tomato sauce. It mean "old clothes" because resembles a mess of colorful rags.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have "ropa vieja" (shredded beef- panamanain style) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style):
  1. Make ready 1/4 cup cooking wine
  2. Get 6 small tomatoes
  3. Make ready 3 lb beef (brisket or similar - tasty and easy to tear apart or shred)
  4. Prepare 1 small onion (i prefer to add 1/2 or 1tsp powdered)
  5. Prepare 1 can tomato paste (4oz or 113g)
  6. Prepare 1 each salt n pepper (to taste)
  7. Get 3 clove garlic, minced (or garlic powder)
  8. Take 1 small bell pepper (you can play with the colors, but green is whats usually used for this)
  9. Get 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp sugar (or just enough to lower the acid)

This dish is a fantastic example of that. Today's dish was Ropa Vieja from Panama. Ropa Vieja translates to "old clothes" in English. It is a dish that consists of shredded or pulled stewed beef with vegetables. [Photograph: Vicky Wasik] Ropa vieja, a dish famous in Cuba and popular throughout the Latin Caribbean, features thin strands of shredded beef in a rich and flavorful sauce of tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and spices.

Instructions to make "Ropa Vieja" (Shredded beef- panamanain style):
  1. Cook the brisket on boiling water until soft and tender. Seasoned the water with salt, garlic and onion (if using powder), pepper. I usually leave it like 1-2 hours.
  2. Once its cooked, remove it from pan and let it cool. Separate or tear out the meat. Dice tomatoes in small cubes, and bell pepper too.
  3. On a frying pan, add ur vegetable oil and put your tomatoes and bell pepper (if u're using garlic cloves and onion instead of powder u should add them now too). I like to squeeze tomatoes with a fork to get all the juices and flavor.
  4. Add your brisket on the pan and stir with veggies. Add the tomato paste and the cooking wine. Let it boil, add the sugar and taste it in case it needs more salt or seasoning.
  5. Add enough beef broth (water left from cooking ur beef) to the sauce. Cook it until sauce is ready and thickened.
  6. Serve and enjoy!
  7. ** This is our traditional version of a very popular dish in Panama, and other countries like Colombia and Venezuela. I have tried it also with chicken and pork and tastes good too!
  8. This is great served with white rice or rice and lentils with a simple salad, but i prefer it with caramelized ripe plantains for that sweetness touch (great flavor contrasts in ur mouth)
  9. You can also do pita pockets with your leftovers (which i do all the time and will share recipe later); or serve it with corn tortillas (not the mexican style but the ones similar to "arepas" that are fried) for breakfast or as snack.

This recipe updates the classic technique for improved efficiency and flavor. Ropa vieja is traditionally served shredded very finely so I don't leave any large chunks. I serve my ropa vieja over the white rice with a big extra scoop of the sauce on top! This dish was originated in the Canary Islands. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.

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