Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a tasty dish, ropa vieja / shredded beef stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ropa vieja / shredded beef stew using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew:

1. Take 2 tbsp EVOO
2. Get 1/2 large Onion
3. Get 1/2 large Green Pepper
4. Make ready 1/4 cup Green Olives
5. Make ready 1 clove Garlic
6. Prepare 2 tbsp Sofrito
7. Make ready 1 envelope Sazon
8. Get 1 envelope Chicken Bouillon
9. Make ready 2 cup Water
10. Get 1 cup Chicken or Beef Stock
11. Prepare 1 Salt to taste
12. Make ready 1 Pepper to taste
13. Get 1/2 bunch Cilantro (optional)
14. Take 1 tsp Oregano
15. Make ready 1 tsp Garlic Powder
16. Take 1 tsp Onion Powder
17. Make ready 1 tsp Red Wine Vinegar
18. Take 4 oz Tomato Sauce
19. Prepare 1 1/2 lb Flank Steak (approximately)
20. Prepare 1 Bay Leaf

Instructions to make Ropa Vieja / Shredded Beef Stew:

1. Thoroughly rinse and dry your meat. Cut into 3 big slices.
2. Add EVOO to a large (somewhat deep) pan and brown the meat on medium to low heat. At this point we just want to brown the meat not completely cook it so only about 5 minutes on each side.
3. In the mean-time, slice the onion and green pepper and chop the garlic and cilantro.
4. Once meat is browned, take out of the pan and set aside. In the same pan, add vegetables (onions, green peppers, garlic). Add more EVOO if necessary. Cook until onions are translucent then add sazon, chucken bouillon, onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, sofrito, olives, tomato sauce, bay leaf, vinegar, stock and water. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.
5. After 5 minutes, add meat to sauce. Cover and cook on Low for about 2 hours or until meat is tender and easily shreddable.
6. After 2 - 2 1/2 hours, shred beef inside the pan with 2 wooden spoons (or forks). Adjust seasoning if necessary. Add cilantro, cover pan and cook for 10 more minutes.
7. Serve with white rice or mashed potatoes and Enjoy!

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