Ropa Vieja
How to Cook Ropa Vieja, a cuban beef, in a crock pot.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time6 hours hrs
Total Time6 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course: Entree
Cuisine: Cuban
Servings: 8
Author: Angela Roberts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 1 flank steak
- 1 large onion chopped
- 3 bell peppers can use red, yellow, orange
- 6 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 16 ounce cans diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons vinegar wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 10 spanish olives
Season flank steak with salt and pepper.
Brown flank steak five minutes on each side on medium high heat. Remove from pot.
You can brown the flank steak in separate pan and then remove to a slow cooker.
In same pot you browned the flank steak In, sauté onion and peppers for about 5 minutes, stirring on low heat. Add In garlic cloves and saute for one minute.
At this point proceed either with slow cooker method or dutch oven method,
Slow Cooker Method
Add onions, peppers, garlic, one can diced tomato.
Add in flank steak. You may need to cut flank steak into two pieces.
Add about one cup beef broth or water, vinegar or enough liquid to just cover the flank steak.
Add cumin and oregano.
Cook for six on high, 10 hours on low.
In last hour, add olives, second can of tomatoes.
Once done, use a fork to shred beef. Serve with rice and beans
Dutch Oven Method
Add flank steak back to dutch oven with the onions, peppers, garlic.
Add one can of tomatoes, broth, vinegar. You need enough broth to cover beef.
Add cumin and oregano. Season with salt and pepper.
Cook on top of stove, very low for 4 hours. You can also put dutch oven inside oven at 300 degrees f. Make sure you have enough liquid and check frequently about every 30 minutes.
In last hour, add olives, and second can of tomatoes.
Once done, use a fork to shred beef.
Serve with Rice and beans.
If making in a dutch oven, you can reduce the cooking time, but cook on a very low heat on to of stove for about 4 hours, or put in an oven no higher than 300 degrees. Make sure you have enough liquid in the pot.
Green Bell Pepper: It's not necessary, but will add in another layer of flavor.