Dirty Laundry for Dinner ? (Ropa Vieja recipe)

My hubby is half Cuban. I love when he cooks Cuban food for me. He always told me about Ropa Vieja because he loved it as a child and it means “Dirty Laundry” I found this recipe and wanted to give it a shot this week since it has bell peppers in it.

The outcome: it was very good. The meat was tender and flavorful. We served it with brown rice and tostones (fried plantains) but it would also make a great sandwich.


Ropa Vieja in a crockpot (from Allrecipes.com)*Note – based on the reviews of this recipe, I changed it around quite a bit – I’m posting what I did, click the link above to see original and reviews 2 pounds beef flank steak
6 cloves garlic
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 red bell peppers, cut into 1/2 inch strips
2 green bell peppers, cut into 1/2 inch strips
2 sweet onions, cut in wedges
1 tablespoon garlic powder
Salt and pepper to taste

Place meat into slow cooker with the garlic, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir the tomato paste into the vinegar until dissolved; pour into slow cooker. Add the chopped vegetables to crockpot.

Cover, and cook on Low until the beef is tender, 7 to 8 hours; then remove beef, and shred. Place meat back in crockpot.

Cook on High about 1 to 2 hours.

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7 Responses to “Herbed Mustard Salmon”

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    Sues — February 25, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    I’m always looking for new ways to prepare salmon, too, and I love the idea of herbed mustard!

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    Shannon — February 25, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    this looks so flavorful and juicy! delish 🙂

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    Megan — February 26, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    Jeff doesn’t love salmon, but I bet I could get him to eat it with this topping. Sounds so flavorful!

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    Kristina — March 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    This looks amazing! I have everything for the sauce already other than the Dijon Mustard. Do you think I can use regular mustard?

    • beantownbaker — March 13th, 2013 @ 8:45 pm

      It would definitely have a different flavor profile, but I love regular mustard! I think it would be great – let me know what you think of it.

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    Sandy — May 23, 2013 at 9:40 am

    Made this last night! SO good! My boyfriend and i both finished our plates and he declared this recipe as a keeper! Thanks so much for keeping it easy!

    • beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 1:15 pm

      So glad you guys enjoyed it! I love recipes like this where you can customize it and still have dinner on the table in no time flat.

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