Mexican Beef Stew

This beef stew cooked with the beef shank is one of my husband’s favorites. He also loves almost any dish made with this combination of tomatoes, olives, raisins, and capers. In this recipe, the meat is slowly cooked until tender and then combined with a thick and rich sauce made with tomatoes & wine.

Course Beef

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword authentic mexican beef stew recipe, authentic mexican stew, beef stew with cilantro, mexican beef stew recipe

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Total Time 50

Servings

Calories 350kcal

Author Mely Martínez

Ingredients

For cooking the meat:

2 packages of RUMBA Beef Cross Cut Hind Shank*
½ medium size onion
4 garlic cloves
1 bay leaf
About 8 cups of water

For the stew:

2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
⅓ medium white onion diced
2 large garlic cloves finely chopped
2 cans 28oz each of whole peeled tomatoes
½ cup dry white wine
3 large carrots peeled and diced
3 medium size potatoes peeled and diced
½ cup raisins
⅓ cup sliced olives
1 tablespoon of capers drained
1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
¼ cup fresh parsley finely chopped (for garnish)
Salt and pepper to taste
Pickled jalapeño peppers to serve

Instructions

Place the Beef Shank in a large pot to cook, along with the onion, garlic, and bay leaf. Cover with water and cook until tender. I used an electric pressure cooker pot and it took 30 minutes to cook. Note: For a regular stove-top pressure cooker, it will take 50 minutes, and for a normal stock pot it will take about 1-½ hours to cook. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, your stock pot works fine, just make sure you cook the meat until tender and add water if needed while cooking. You can also cook the meat overnight by using a slow cooker and cooking it for 6 hours.
While the meat is cooking, heat the oil in a stockpot or Dutch oven. Add the onion and cook for about 2 minutes until transparent. Stir in the garlic and cook for one more minute.
Add the canned tomatoes with their juices to the pot and bring to a boil. Once it starts boiling, reduces heat to a gentle simmer for about 15 minutes. The tomatoes will start to lose their shape. At this time, use a potato masher to mash the tomatoes to form a chunky salsa texture.
Add the diced carrots and cook for 5 minutes, then after that time stir in the potatoes and keep cooking for 8 more minutes.
At this time, add the cooked meat, white wine, raisins, capers, olives, and herbs. Stir well to blend all the flavors. Season with salt and pepper. Keep cooking for about 8-10 minutes until the vegetables are well cooked but still hold their shape.

To serve, garnish with the fresh parsley. At home, we like to eat this meal with warm crusty bread to dip into the sauce, but you can also serve it with white rice. Also, at the serving time offer some pickled jalapeño peppers to add a little bit of heat to the dish.

This dish is ideal for a celebration or special occasion, and for me, this was a very special occasion!

Notes

• Each package of RUMBA MEATS Beef Shank weights about 1.80Lb. The cut includes the bone, which adds lots of flavor to the whole dish. I love all their products! The fresh meat comes in a vacuum sealed package that can be stored for several days in the fridge while keeping the meat fresh and ready to use; it does not need to be frozen until the date indicated on the package.

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