Product Details
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
- 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.
Preparation Instructions
- Thaw product under refrigeration for at least 24 hours for best results. Heat until reaching a minimum internal temperature of 145°F
- Steamer Oven in bag: Place unopened bag onto perforated tray and heat for 28-30 minutes
- Simmer in pouch: Place unopened bag in simmering water in large pot. Heat for 30-32 minutes. Stovetop: Remove product from bag and place in medium-sized saucepan. Heat on medium heat for 16-18 minutes. Shred the beef, return it to the pot and reduce the juices as desired
- Conventional Oven: Preheat oven to 375°F. Empty pouch into hotel pan, cover with foil and heat for 30 minutes. Uncover, shred the beef and heat an additional 5-10 minutes
Product Details
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
- 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.
Preparation Instructions
- Thaw product under refrigeration for at least 24 hours for best results. Heat until reaching a minimum internal temperature of 145°F
- Steamer Oven in bag: Place unopened bag onto perforated tray and heat for 28-30 minutes
- Simmer in pouch: Place unopened bag in simmering water in large pot. Heat for 30-32 minutes. Stovetop: Remove product from bag and place in medium-sized saucepan. Heat on medium heat for 16-18 minutes. Shred the beef, return it to the pot and reduce the juices as desired
- Conventional Oven: Preheat oven to 375°F. Empty pouch into hotel pan, cover with foil and heat for 30 minutes. Uncover, shred the beef and heat an additional 5-10 minutes