Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja. Add the steak, bell peppers and onion and toss to coat. Stir in the tomato paste and red wine vinegar. Sprinkle with the garlic powder, seasoned salt, salt, and ground black pepper. Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja

You can have Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja
  1. It’s 2 1/2 lb of ground beef.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of minced onion.
  3. Prepare 1 cup of dice red bell peppers.
  4. You need 3 clove of minced garlic.
  5. You need 1/4 cup of minced cilantro.
  6. Prepare 8 oz of tomato sauce.
  7. It’s 1/4 cup of green olives.
  8. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of ground cumin.
  9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of garlic powder.
  10. You need 2 of bay leaf.
  11. You need of salt.
  12. You need of black pepper.
  13. You need 1 1/4 cup of water.

Ropa Vieja is a Cuban dish of meat, peppers and onions. Literally translated it means "old clothes," a reference to the colorful pieces of red and yellow peppers and tomatoes in the dish. Ropa Vieja in the Slow Cooker My slow cooker lives deep in my pantry closet where it often stays for months. Occasionally I remember it's there, pull it out and fall back in love.

Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja instructions

  1. Brown meat and season with salt & black pepper..

  2. Drain and add onions, garlic, & peppers..

  3. Cook 3-4 minutes..

  4. Add meat mixture to slow cooker and add cilantro, tomato sauce, 1 1/4 cups water, olives, & spices..

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  6. Cook on HIGH 3-4 hours or LOW 6-8 hours..

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  8. Remove bay leaves and serve over rice..

It's great for those busy times when there just aren't enough hours in the day (my life lately). Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja Melt-in-your-mouth tender, succulent shredded flank steak swimming in a flavorful tomato-based sauce packed with pungent onions, sweet peppers, fragrant garlic and briny olives. Finished with a generous sprinkle of fresh cilantro and a healthy squeeze of acidic lime, this Cuban beef is packed with bold, comforting flavor! Directions: Add the beef broth, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, turmeric, and apple cider vinegar to the slow cooker and stir. Add the flank steak and flip it around in that sauce.