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- From: gonzalc@aa.wl.com (gonzalc)
- Subject: Carne Des Mechada (Torn apart meat)
- Organization: Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert
- Message-ID: <CyHM5r.HGx@bonkers.taronga.com>
- References: <384fdv$pg2@junior.wariat.org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 22:07:00 GMT
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- A Colombian (please note spelling) recipe from memory so measurements aren't
- precise.
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- Carne Des Mechada (Torn apart meat)
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- 1-2 lbs "cheap" beef- I use shoulder; it becomes very tender and shreds easily
- *Simmer beef in water, enough to cover it, until meat is very tender, usually
- 2-3 hours. To speed this up you can brown the meat, add some water and simmer,
- but I don't want the added fat from the browning.
- *When cool, shred the meat.
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- The Sauce
- 4-6 Roma tomatoes, skins peeled off, diced
- 1 small or 1/2 medium onion, chooped fairly small
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- about 3 tablespoons Ketchup
- about 2 tablespoon yellow mustard
- about 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- about 1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
- water that the beef was boiled in (if needed)
- pepper, cilantro (chopped fine) (optional)
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- *In a small amount of oil cook oinions, garlic, and tomatoes until tender. Add
- all of the liquid ingredients, except the water and simmer a few minutes. Add
- the beef and stir. The mixture should be moist, not the consistency of Sloppy
- Joes, but enough for you to see the sauce coating the meat. If it seems dry
- add some water. If it still seems a little dry, add more Ketchup and mustard,
- say 2 T Ketchup and 1 T mustard. I go on taste and moistness to tell when I
- have it right.
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- This goes well with rice. It also is often topped with chopped hard boiled
- egg. This feeds 2-3 people with a little left over.
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