Carne Guisada

Recipe Rating:	5 Ratings5
Categories:	Beef, Mexican, Quick & Easy
Keywords:	stew, simple, traditional
Serves:	7-10
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	3 Hr

Ingredients

1	green bell pepper
1 medium	onion
3 large	cloves of garlic
2 large	tomatoes
3 lb	boneless beef shoulder roast (or stew meat)
2 tsp	ground cumin
1 Tbsp	heaping tablespoon of lard (vegatable oil or olive oil can be substituted but will not give it the same flavor.)
1 Tbsp	salt
1 tsp	ground pepper
1/2 c	water
1 Tbsp	flour

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Emma Menchaca

Full Flavored

San Juan, TX (pop. 33,856)

Emma69

Member Since Sep 2011

Emma's Notes:

This is the same recipe my mother and grandmother used. Very simple and DELICIOUS!!!

Directions

In a large stove top casserole pan add lard, (or oil), and turn heat to medium. Cut up shoulder roast to 1 inch cubes and add to pan.Roughly chop the tomato and add on top of meat.

Remove seeds from bell pepper, rough chop and add to top of ingredients.

Rough slice onion and to to pan.

Chop garlic cloves small and thin and add to top of pan. Add cumin, salt and pepper.Now stir all ingredients together. At this time the aromas should be AMAZING!

Place lid on top and cook on LOW for 3 hours. 30 minutes before carne guisada is ready add flour to water.

Now you will notice that the vegetables have cooked down to practically nothing. They have converted to pure flavor! Stir flour mixture into pot and let simmer on low for the next 20-30 minutes.This recipe is so amazingly simple. No fancy ingredients. If this is not the best carne guisada recipe you have ever tried please let me know! Please feel free to add your special touches if you wish but this recipe has not changed for 100 years. It will bring your family together and is so Mexican and traditional.

The final product sits with traditional Mexican rice and homemade flour tortillas. (Those recipes to come!) I hope you enjoy it as long as my family has enjoyed it. Love to cook and cook with love!

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amy hayes amyhayes

Jan 10, 2013

Sounds great! I can't wait to try it (and your flour tortillas recipe as well)!!

Tammy Todd ttodd4jesus

Jan 10, 2013

Wow! Great recipe! Thanks for sharing it!

jessica menchaca menchaca814

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

Aurora McBee aurora

Jan 11, 2013

Sounds wonderful! Thank you for sharing!!!

Emma Menchaca Emma69

Jan 11, 2013

I just noticed that I forgot to add 1 tsp of ground black pepper. On step 5 it should have read: add flour to 1/2 cup of water, mix well. Oops! :)

Nancy R Robeyone

Jan 11, 2013

Emma, sounds great. You can edit the recipe to add those additions :)

Janet Scott JanetLeeScott

Jan 11, 2013

I won't change a thing Emma and I don't want to miss out on more you have to offer like the tortillas! Thank you for sharing and most of all thank you for the detailed photo steps. It really helps!!! Made you one of my favorite chefs!
HUGS!
Janet

Virginia G Hale banndit1

Jan 13, 2013

Wow is all I can say & thanks. My husband grew up in San Antonio, TX. and he is all ways telling me how good the food was. He loves this! Thanks so much.

Emma Menchaca Emma69

Jan 16, 2013

Thank you for the comments everyone. You all are too kind! I look forward to posting more recipes very soon. Tortillas soon to come.

Frances Livingston FraneKate

Jan 16, 2013

Oh thank you so much for posting this recipe. I am from Corpus Christi. I moved just north of Seattle Washington in 1976. I have craved this dish for years and when I try to explain to restaurants, they just look at me like I am loco. I have tried to wing the recipe on my own but I have failed to reproduce the taste that I remember. I can not wait to try this recipe.

Janet Scott JanetLeeScott