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Cuban-style meat vaca frita

4 servings

40 minutes

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Vaca frita is fried beef, if translated literally. One of the notable dishes of Cuban cuisine. Everything is extremely simple: the meat (mostly flank steak) is boiled, pulled apart into fibers, marinated a little in lime juice and fried with onions in a frying pan. Eat with boiled rice.

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Ingredients

4servings

Flank steak

1 kg

Onion

2 pieces

Green bell pepper

1 piece

Garlic

3 cloves

Ground cumin (zira)

1 teaspoon

Lime

3 pieces

Sugar

to taste

Bay leaf

1 piece

Vegetable oil

70 ml

Salt

to taste

Ground black pepper

to taste

Cooking steps

1
Chop the onion and pepper coarsely.
Required ingredients:
1. Onion: 2 pieces
2. Green bell pepper: 1 piece

2
Place them in a deep pan, add the meat, and pour in water to cover the meat.
Required ingredients:
1. Flank steak: 1 kg

3
Add a bay leaf and place on the fire, bring to a boil, and simmer for 2-3 hours.
Required ingredients:
1. Bay leaf: 1 piece

4
Transfer the cooked meat to a clean dish and let it cool at room temperature.

5
Tear the meat into fibers with your hands.

6
Salt and pepper, pour the juice of one lime, add cumin, sugar, and minced garlic, mix and let marinate for 15-20 minutes.
Required ingredients:
1. Salt: to taste
2. Ground black pepper: to taste
3. Lime: 3 pieces
4. Ground cumin (zira): 1 teaspoon
5. Sugar: to taste
6. Garlic: 3 cloves

7
Heat oil in a pan.
Required ingredients:
1. Vegetable oil: 70 ml

8
Fry the onion cut into large sticks.
Required ingredients:
1. Onion: 2 pieces

9
Add meat and fry until the meat is partially crispy.
Required ingredients:
1. Flank steak: 1 kg

10
Serve with boiled rice and a slice of lime.
Required ingredients:
1. Lime: 3 pieces