Puerto Rican Beef Stew (Carne Guisada)
"This is my favorite stew. Back home it is served with grainy, yummy white rice."
photo by DianaEatingRichly
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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7
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 lbs trimmed beef top round steak, cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1⁄4 cup sofrito sauce (or to taste)
- 6 fresh cilantro leaves
- 4 cups water (or more)
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon whole dried oregano, crushed
- 2 bay leaves
- 1⁄2 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1⁄2 lb carrot, cut into rounds
- 1⁄2 lb potato, peeled and cubed
- 5 stalks celery, cut into rounds
- salt (to taste)
directions
- In a large caldero or pot, heat oil, add sofrito and culantro leaves.
- Add meat and stir constantly, cook until meat looses red color. Add water and bouillon cube, bring to a boil. Add vinegar, oregano, bay leaves and tomato sauce. Reduce heat to low and cook.
- Add carrots, potatoes, celery and salt.
- Cook for about 2 hours. Taste and adjust seasoning. Boil uncover to thicken sauce.
- Note: if more seasoning is needed you can add Adobo to taste.
- Serve with white rice.
Questions & Replies
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Is it 1 can of boullion or aboulion cube or what?
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2 questions. please. sofrito sauce ? and I cannot not have anything tomato, so what to substitute ?thanks. -
Do you mean a can of boulion or a cube?
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Where does the vinegar, tomato sauce and beef bouillon come into play???
Reviews
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Cooking Directions are Flawed. When does a person add all the other items in the list of ingredients? How could you forget to include in the Directions when to add all of the ingredients? I had to guess when to add: Beef Bouillon; Dried Oregano; Tomato Sauce, and Bay Leaves. Really Bad Job with the Directions. I hope the Stew comes out right, I have 2 hours to wait. And hopefully I added the above items when I was supposed to!
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Easy and delicious! -
Simple, easy and oh my, so delicious! I did however not wait for the meat to cook for an hour, I simply cooked all ingredients together and I did not add the carrots or corn because I wanted to use with another dish. Definitely next time I will add them. This was so good, really enjoyed it. Thanks for the recipe.
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this is the best mi tryit and you cant compare it with any other thankyou santos de jesus -
Very good recipe. Thank you for posting.
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<p>I am an Army wife, mom, and microbiologist who currently lives in Texas. I am originally from beautiful Puerto Rico. I live with my adorable handsome husband, beautiful daughter, three rescued dogs (English Mastiff/Dane, Blue Mastiff, White Fluff Ball) and our foster kid, a Great Py. We are also a Christian family.</p>
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