{"id":2846,"slug":"ropa-vieja-caribbean-shredded-beef","title":"Ropa Vieja (Caribbean Shredded Beef)","description":"Ropa vieja, which is Spanish for \"old clothes,\" is a popular Caribbean dish consisting of shredded beef (often skirt or flank steak), vegetables, and a sauce.","ingredients_raw":["1 kg boiled beef (preferably flank steak, but any meat with long threads will do)","⅓ cup olive oil","1 onion","3 garlic cloves","1 green bell pepper","1 red bell pepper","1½ cup tomato sauce","1 tsp salt","1 bay leaf","1 cup red cooking wine or beer"],"ingredients_norm":["boiled beef","olive oil","onion","garlic clove","green bell pepper","red bell pepper","tomato sauce","salt","bay leaf","red cooking wine or beer"],"steps":["Cut the meat in pieces, not too small, not too big. Using a pressure cooker, boil the meat for about 15 minutes. Add a teaspoon of olive oil to the water to avoid foaming; also, add a teaspoon of salt. After boiling the meat, save 1 cup of the broth.","Shred the meat in thin strips using a fork. Chop the onion, cut the peppers in thin strips and mince the garlic cloves.","Sauté the garlic and the onion for a bit in hot oil, then add the peppers, sauté a bit more. Add the meat and the rest of the ingredients, including the cup of broth.","Cook the mix over low heat for 20–30 minutes. Stir a few times. Season to taste."],"categories":["Meat recipes","Cuban recipes","Recipes using beef","Recipes using red bell pepper","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using wine","Boiled recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using bay leaf","Recipes using beer","Recipes using garlic"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ropa_Vieja_(Caribbean_Shredded_Beef)","source_ref":"4514579","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Ropa_Vieja_(Caribbean_Shredded_Beef)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"e61b6655f9494920f17c647220a0bc6b7b4198aba08c32fc49ceb0cdb0522560","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:18Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:18Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/ropa-vieja-caribbean-shredded-beef"}