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cuban roast beef

Recipe by
Arnetia Hawkins
Chicago, IL

I love good Cuban food!!! I don't like olives that much. So sometimes I put them in and sometimes I don't.

Ingredients For cuban roast beef

  • 4 oz
    ham, smoked and diced
  • 4 oz
    bacon, diced
  • 8 oz
    minced onion
  • 1 oz
    capers, minced
  • 1
    minced garlic clove
  • 2 oz
    green olives, pitted and sliced(optional)
  • 1 Tbsp
    green chiles, diced and drained
  • 3 lb
    eye of round roast
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 oz
    bacon fat
  • 8 oz
    stock
  • 4 oz
    tomato sauce
  • 1 Tbsp
    vinegar

How To Make cuban roast beef

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350.
  • 2
    Mix the first 7 ingredients to make a stuffing.
  • 3
    Make an incision 1 1/2\" to 2\" deep along the length of the roast.
  • 4
    Stuff the stuffing into the incision.
  • 5
    Salt and pepper the roast.
  • 6
    Brown the roast on all sides in bacon fat in a large heavy casserole.
  • 7
    Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook in the oven for 2 1/2 hours or until the meat is very tender.
  • 8
    Check once or twice to make sure that the liquid is not boiling away.
  • 9
    Add water or unsalted stock as necessary.

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