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Cuban Carne Asada

Here's how you make Cuban Carne Asada
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  • Servings: 9
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 140m
  • The following recipe serves 9 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 8 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
  • 3/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano
  • 4 to 5 pounds sirloin tip roast
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup dry sherry
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 7 ounces canned roasted bell peppers (or 2 fresh bell peppers, roasted)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In mortar or heavy bowl, mash garlic, salt, cumin, and oregano; blend spices into vinegar and lemon juice and mix well.

  • Step 2: Score meat in a cross-hatch pattern with deep cuts; rub spice blend into meat, making sure it gets into cuts.

  • Step 3: Marinate meat 1-4 hours in spice marinade.

  • Step 4: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  • Step 5: Drain marinade from meat and reserve.

  • Step 6: Coat meat in flour and shake away excess.

  • Step 7: In roasting pan over heat on stove, heat onions in olive oil.

  • Step 8: Add meat and brown on all sides.

  • Step 9: Add reserved marinade, wine, bay leaves, Worcestershire sauce, and roasted bell peppers.

  • Step 10: Cover and roast in oven at 350 degrees F.

  • Step 11: For 2 hours, basting occasionally, turning meat over several times.

  • Step 12: Add a mixture of three parts water, one part wine to the pan if the meat starts to stick and the marinade gets low.

  • Step 13: Remove meat from pan, slice, and roast for 20-25 minutes longer, until meat tests done.

  • Step 14: Check sauce for seasoning; strain and serve over meat, if desired.


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