🇨🇺 Cuba cuisine · #1

Ropa Vieja

Ropa Vieja
Time180 min
Serves6
Ingredients12

Cuba's national dish: beef simmered and shredded into strands in a sauce of tomato, peppers and onion — the name means "old clothes".

Ingredients

Method

  1. Simmer the beef with half the onion and bay for 2 hours until tender; keep the broth.
  2. Shred into thin strands with two forks.
  3. Fry sliced onion, peppers and garlic in oil and add tomato and spices.
  4. Add the beef, a cup of broth and olives and simmer 20 minutes.
  5. Serve with white rice, black beans and fried plantain.