Oxtail Stew Rabo Encendido Recipes

RABO ENCENDIDO (CUBAN OXTAIL STEW)

Steps:

• Whisk vino seco, 1/4 cup olive oil, and salt together in a large bowl. Add oxtails and mix well to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
• Drain oxtails, discarding all but 1/2 cup of the marinade.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and sear oxtails until browned on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a large plate. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same pot. Saute potatoes, onion, and carrots until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Mash garlic and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a coarse paste in a mortar and pestle. Add garlic paste to the pot; stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in green olives, bay leaves, sazon completa, sazon seasoning, and allspice. Pour in reserved marinade, tomato sauce, and chicken broth.
• Return oxtails to the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, until oxtails are fork tender and falling off the bone, about 4 hours.

REAL CUBAN RABO ENCENDIDO (OXTAIL STEW)

Steps:

• Marinate the meat in a mixture of olive oil, dry cooking wine, and salt at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain marinade and discard.
• Brown meat on both sides in olive oil. Don't deep fry, just use enough oil to lightly toast the meat.
• Remove the meat and add onion, peppers, carrots, and potatoes.
• Saute until the onions are somewhat translucent.
• Add garlic/salt mixture and continue cooking for about a minute.
• Add remaining ingridients, including meat.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until the meat is fork tender. About 2 hours.
• Remove bay leaves and serve hot over white rice.

OXTAIL STEW: RABO ENCENDIDO

Steps:

• Coat oxtail pieces with the flour and Cajun seasoning, sear them in 3 tablespoons oil, and remove from the pan. Pour off the fat from the pan, deglaze with the Port, and pour off the Port, reserving it for later use.
• In the same pot, caramelize the onions, carrot, celery, and peppers. Deglaze with the red wine. Add the oxtails to the vegetables. Adding in the tomatoes, chipotle, Sherry, bay leaves, thyme, and Port, and simmer for approximately 3 hours.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and serve.

OXTAIL STEW: RABO ENCENDIDO

Steps:

• Coat oxtail pieces with the flour and Cajun seasoning, and sear them in 2 tablespoons oil and remove from the pan. Degrease the pan, deglaze with tardio, and reserve for later use.
• In a separate pot, heat 1 tablespoon oil and caramelize the onions, carrot, celery, and frying peppers, then deglaze with the red wine. Add the oxtail to the vegetables and then the reserved tardio. Add in the tomatoes, chipotles, pisco, bay leaves, and thyme, and stew for approximately 3 hours.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and serve with yellow rice.

RABO ENCENDIDO/OXTAIL STEW

Steps:

• 1. in a large pot, preferably wide, coat the bottom with the olive oil...brown and sear the oxtail on all sides.
• 2. take out, in the same pot, add the diced onions & green peppers, scraping the bottom.. this is where the flavor comes into play...add the garlic (careful not to burn)add the wine,and the rest of the ingredients.
• 3. gently place the oxtails back in, simmer on low for 3-4 hours, till fork tender...this take time for all the flavors to come together.

RABO ENCENDIDO(CUBAN OXTAIL STEW)

Steps:

• Coat oxtail pieces with the flour and Cajun seasoning, and sear them in 3 tablespoons oil and remove from the pan.
• Then degrease the pan and deglaze with port and reserve for later use.
• In a separate pot caramelize the onions, carrot, celery and peppers, then deglaze with the red wine.
• Add the oxtails to the vegetables.
• Continue by adding in the tomatoes, chipotle, sherry, bay leaves and thyme and simmer for approximately 3 hours.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

OXTAIL STEW - RABO ENCENDIDO

Steps:

• Dredge the meat with flour.
• In a large pan or Dutch oven, brown the meat on both sides in the oil, approximately five to six minutes.
• Remove meat.
• Sauté the onions and green pepper in the same pan.
• When the onions start to get translucent, add the mashed garlic and cook for one additional minute.
• Add the tomato sauce, wine, beef broth and all spices.
• Return meat to pot.
• Add the potatoes, carrots and celery.
• Bring to a boil and cover.
• Simmer for two hours or until meat is tender on low heat, stirring occasionally.
• Adjust seasonings, if necessary.
• Add additional beef broth if needed.
• Remove bay leaves, and serve hot.