Carne Guisada

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb stew meat
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion (diced)
• 3 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 (8 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (medium to hot heat)
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
• 2 cups water
• 1 -2 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 dredge stew meat in flour.
• 2 in a large stock pot brown the beef on medium high heat in 2 tbsp of olive oil. remove meat.
• 3 add in 2 tbsp of olive oil and cook on medium heat.
• 4 add in the onions until translucent.
• 5 add the garlic and cook about 1 more minute.
• 6 throw in the browned meat and add herbs, spices, water and canned tomatoes.
• 7 turn up heat to high and bring to a boil.
• 8 and turn heat down to low and simmer for 5 hours.
• 9 i sometimes take a short cut and dredge and brown the meat in a skillet then throw everything in a crock pot and let simmer on low for 6-8 hours depending on how tender you like the meat. you can also cut down on the water quite a bit when using the crock pot and add water as needed.