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All Natural* Cuban-Inspired Ropa Vieja
Our Cuban-inspired Ropa Vieja (Spanish for “old clothes”) gets its name from the long, strand-like texture in beef that is present after the meat is stewed for hours and then pulled apart. While this dish originated in Spain, it is known as one of the national dishes of Cuba. Historically, this dish is made from flank steak, a previously inexpensive cut of beef with long, tough muscle fibers. Because flank steak has become more expensive, our Ropa Vieja is made with beef chuck, a more affordable cut that still yields the muscle strands typically found in Ropa Vieja. Fully cooked via sous vide to ensure a tender bite and complex flavor, our beef is rubbed with spices and cooked with peppers, onions, diced tomatoes and olives – which, during cooking, creates a delicious sauce. With two large pieces of beef in every package, the meat is tender enough to be easily pulled apart prior to service. Perfect served over rice or with tortillas.
Features & Preparation
- Made with beef, red peppers, onions, diced tomatoes, olives and seasoning with garlic, salt and pepper, bay leaf and cumin that has been sous vide-cooked in its own juices for hours
- Two large pieces of beef in every pouch, cooked until tender and ready to be shredded
- All Natural*
- Serve You: Contains no ingredients found on the US Foods® Unpronounceables List®**
- Frozen
Benefits
- The sous vide cooking process ensures tenderness and melding of flavors, creating a dish that tastes like it took hours of slow cooking time – but was prepared in minutes
- Labor-Saving: Eliminates trimming, cutting, prepping and cooking. Heat in the bag, or decant into a steam pan or saucepan for warming
- Packaged in four 2.5 lba. bags; can be slacked and reheated in the same convenient bag, or decant into a steam pan or saucepan for warming
*No artificial ingredients. Minimally processed | ** Processing aids and potential cross-contact during production are not in the scope of this program.
