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Salpicón de Res Recipe

Published: Jul 23, 2015 · Updated: Mar 11, 2021 by Mely Martínez

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Salpicón is an easy shredded beef salad that doesn’t require too many skills in the kitchen and includes some of the most common components of a salad like lettuce, tomato, onion, and a dressing. This salad can also be prepared some hours ahead of time and served either as a whole meal or as an entry for picnics or parties.

Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad

Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad | Mexican Recipes

Salpicon is a very practical dish for those hot summer days when you don’t want to spend a great deal of time in the kitchen... just make sure you cook the meat the night before in your crock pot or pressure cooker; the next day, shred the meat and reserve for later use.

Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad | Ingredients

There are several dishes with the name salpicón in México, and most of the time, it is a preparation where the meat is shredded or finely chopped. The meat can be either deer or fish in the south or beef and rabbit in other regions of the country. Sometimes the name is modified with the type of meat used, e.g.: crab salpicon.

How to make Salpicón de Res Recipe

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Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad | Instructions

DIRECTIONS:

  • Place meat, onion, garlic, and bay leaf in a stockpot; cover with water and cook over a medium-high heat. When it starts boiling, reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender and can be easily shredded with a fork (about 2 ½ hours). You can also cook the meat in your slow-cooker in the high setting for about 6 hours. If you’re cooking it in a pressure cooker, cook for 45 minutes. (Please check the ingredients list below)
  • While the meat is cooking, mix the oil and vinegar in a small bowl. Crush the oregano with your fingers, add it to the dressing, and season with salt and pepper. Reserve for serving time.
  • Transfer meat to a bowl to cool. Once cooled enough to handle, shred the beef using 2 forks, and season with salt.
Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad | Easier Than You Think
  • Place shredded beef in a large bowl and gently toss in the lettuce, onion, radishes, tomatoes, and olives.
Salpicón, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad | I hope you enjoy this delicious recipe
  • Transfer the Shredded Beef Mexican Salad to a large serving plate, if you wish. Garnish with the avocado slices and drizzle with the dressing. Serve with corn tostadas and enjoy!

My family loves this Shredded Beef Mexican Salad so much that, every time I make it, there are no leftovers. I hope that your family will enjoy it as much as we do!

¡Buen provecho!
Mely,

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Salpicon, Shredded Beef Mexican Salad

Mely Martínez
Salpicón is an easy shredded beef salad that doesn’t require too many skills in the kitchen and includes some of the most common components of a salad like: lettuce, tomato, onion, and a dressing. This salad can also be prepared some hours ahead of time.
4.67 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 1 hr 5 mins
Course Beef, Salads
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 6
Calories 467 kcal

Ingredients
  

TO COOK THE MEAT:

  • 1 ½ pound of skirt steak or eye round roast cut into large cubes
  • ½ medium white onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt to season

FOR THE DRESSING:

  • 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar*
  • ½ teaspoon Mexican oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste

FOR THE SALAD:

  • 3 cups romaine lettuce finely sliced
  • ¼ white onion sliced into rings
  • 4 radishes finely sliced
  • 1 large tomato diced
  • 8 pimiento-stuffed Spanish olives sliced
  • 1 avocado peeled and sliced

TO SERVE:

  • 12 corn tostadas
  • Pickled carrots and jalapeño peppers

Instructions
 

  • Place meat, onion, garlic, and bay leaf in a stockpot; cover with water and cook over a medium-high heat. When it starts boiling, reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender and can be easily shredded with a fork (about 2 ½ hours). You can also cook the meat in your slow-cooker in the high setting for about 6 hours. If you’re cooking it in a pressure cooker, cook for 45 minutes.
  • While the meat is cooking, mix the oil and vinegar in a small bowl. Crush the oregano with your fingers, add it to the dressing, and season with salt and pepper. Reserve for serving time.
  • Transfer meat to a bowl to cool. Once cooled enough to handle, shred the beef using 2 forks, and season with salt.
  • Place shredded beef in a large bowl and gently toss in the lettuce, onion, radishes, tomatoes, and olives.
  • Transfer the salad to a large serving plate, if you wish. Garnish with the avocado slices and drizzle with the dressing. Serve with corn tostadas and enjoy!

Notes

* Traditionally, distilled white vinegar is used, but I like the flavor of sherry Jerez vinegar in this salad.
* I like to serve this salad with a cup of the beef broth. If you want to do the same: after removing the cooked meat from the broth, add a small branch of thyme, and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. *Serve garnished with chopped cilantro, onion, and serrano peppers.
*Nutritional Value Includes the corn tostadas

Nutrition

Calories: 467kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 27gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 381mgPotassium: 704mgFiber: 5gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2295IUVitamin C: 8.8mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 3mg
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Comments

  1. J. D. the Tejano

    July 19, 2021 at 12:58 pm

    While Mely's recipes, instructions, and insights are just about the "best in the business" among all the foodie websites I visit on a regular basis, for me the highest accomplishment of her website is the astounding food staging and the absolutely remarkable photos she sends with her email newsletters. How come all these other food "experts" can't even come close to the artistic, high quality, and appetizing pictures of the great food Mely shows to us. Keep up the good work, Sister. We're all glad you came to the USA to rescue us and to show us (in words and beautiful pictures) what real food is.

    Reply
  2. Becky

    September 28, 2020 at 5:23 pm

    Looking for your recipe for albondigas. Will you please tell me how to find it?
    Thank you for the delicious foods you have posted!

    Reply
    • Mely Martínez

      September 29, 2020 at 6:06 pm

      Hello Becky,
      Sure, here is the link to the Albondigas recipe:https://www.mexicoinmykitchen.com/mexican-meatball-soup-recipe/

      Happy cooking!

      Reply
  3. German Bones-lopez

    September 12, 2020 at 10:14 am

    5 stars
    Very helpful and well explaine thank you.

    Reply
    • Mely Martínez

      September 12, 2020 at 2:01 pm

      Hello German,
      Thank you for trying the Salpicón recipe! Enjoy it!

      Reply
  4. maria mora

    June 11, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    5 stars
    Can I use Flank Steak instead?

    Reply
    • Mely Martínez

      June 12, 2020 at 11:20 am

      Hello Maria,
      Yes, flank steak is great for this recipe, too!

      Reply
  5. Taina

    May 10, 2016 at 3:42 pm

    5 stars
    Se ve delicioso, se me antojo con unas tostadas y demasiada crema jeje.

    Reply
  6. Helena Jones

    July 31, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    5 stars
    It's my favorite Mexican dish. It brings so many memories.

    Reply
  7. More Cowbell

    July 24, 2015 at 12:30 am

    5 stars
    I've never heard of cherry vinegar. Is this something I could order, or do you make your own.?

    That salad looks delicious, and anything that can be done in the crockpot this time of year is a plus. Thanks!

    Reply
    • mmartinez

      July 24, 2015 at 5:06 pm

      Hello More Cowbell,

      Sorry, my mistake, it should say Sherry vinegar (Jerez). I just added a link for people to check it out. Thanks for pointing that out. Happy cooking!

      Reply

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