cuban roast beef

49 Pinches
Chicago, IL
Updated on Jul 5, 2011

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

Ingredients

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

How To Make cuban roast beef

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

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