Chile Colorado Beef

Name: Chile Colorado Beef
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 800g beef chuck, cut into cubes; 4 dried guajillo chillies; 2 dried ancho chillies; 2 dried pasilla chillies; 4 cloves garlic; 1 onion, quartered; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp oregano; 400ml beef stock; 2 tbsp oil; salt to taste

Beef simmered in deep red dried-chile sauce — rich, earthy and satisfying. Toasting the dried chillies briefly in a dry pan before soaking them wakes up their flavour and gives the sauce its deep, earthy character.

Total time

140 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

100 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

gluten-free

Ingredients

800gbeef chuck, cut into cubes

4dried guajillo chillies

2dried ancho chillies

2dried pasilla chillies

4 clovesgarlic

1onion, quartered

1 tspcumin

1 tsporegano

400mlbeef stock

2 tbspoil

saltto taste

Instructions

Toast dried chillies in a dry pan 30 seconds each side.

Soak in hot water 20 minutes. Drain.

Blend chillies, garlic, onion and spices with stock until very smooth. Strain.

Brown beef in oil in batches.

Add chile sauce to pot. Bring to simmer.

Cook covered 1.5 hours until beef is very tender.

Serve with rice, beans and warm tortillas.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

551

Protein

53.7g

Fat

35.2g

Carbs

4.7g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

499mg

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