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Easy Cuban Ropa Vieja

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Easy Cuban Ropa Vieja

Cuban ropa vieja — beef simmered until genuinely fork-tender before it's shredded and folded back into a garlicky tomato-pepper sauce to finish.

Total time
130 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
110 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Cuban
gluten-freehigh-protein

Ingredients

1kgbeef flank steak
2bell peppers, sliced
400g tin / to tastecrushed tomatoes and onion

Instructions

1

Simmer beef in water until fork-tender, about 1.5 hours, then shred.

2

Sauté onion and pepper until softened.

3

Add crushed tomatoes and simmer into a sauce.

4

Fold shredded beef into the sauce, simmer 15 minutes until well combined.

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