Ropa Vieja

Ingredients

• Beef brisket

  Flat half, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw

  2 lb or 907g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Vegetable oil

  Natreon canola, high stability, non trans, high oleic (70%)

  5 tbsp or 70g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  2 onion or 662g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  2 medium or 238g

• Anchovy

  Fish, european, raw

  1 oz or 28g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  2 tsp, ground or 6g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  1 ½ tsp, ground or 3g

• White wine

  Alcoholic beverage, table

  4 fl oz or 118g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, ready-to-serve

  2 cup or 480g

• Tomato sauce

  Canned, with mushrooms

  8 oz or 227g

• Bay leaf

  Spices

  2 tsp, crumbled or 1g

• Olives

  Ripe, canned (small-extra large)

  ¾ cup or 101g

• White Wine Vinegar

  Pompeian

  ⅛ fl.oz or 25g

Directions

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Cut brisket against grain into 2-inch-wide strips. Cut any strips longer than 5 inches in half crosswise. Season beef on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat 4 tablespoons oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until just smoking. Brown beef on all sides, 7 to 10 minutes; transfer to large plate and set aside. Add onions and bell peppers and cook until softened and pan bottom develops fond, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer vegetables to bowl and set aside. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to now-empty pot, then add anchovies, garlic, cumin, and oregano and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in wine, scraping up any browned bits, and cook until mostly evaporated, about 1 minute. Stir in broth, tomato sauce, and bay leaves. Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot and bring to simmer over high heat. Transfer to oven and cook, covered, until beef is just tender, 2 to 2 1/4 hours, flipping meat halfway through cooking. Transfer beef to cutting board. Remove and discard bay leaves. When beef is cool enough to handle, shred into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. Meanwhile, add olives and reserved vegetables to pot and bring to boil over medium-high heat; simmer until thickened and measures 4 cups, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in beef. Add vinegar. Season with salt, pepper, and extra vinegar to taste; serve.
2. (source: https://www.kcet.org/food/weekend-recipe-cuban-braised-shredded-beef-ropa-vieja)

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