Delicious Beef Stew, Inexpensive And Easy To Prepare

Beef entomatado is a typical dish of Mexican cuisine. It is made mainly with beef, and can be accompanied by onion or garlic. With it, we can get a delicious dish that will please all diners.

Beef entomatado ingredients

The moderate consumption of beef is important in a balanced and healthy diet. As noted in research published in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , red meat is an important source of high biological value protein and other important nutrients.

Therefore, this beef entomatado is a good option to enjoy this meat in a different and healthy way. In addition, it also features tomatoes that, according to data published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research , contain vitamins, minerals and powerful antioxidants. 

With the quantities that we propose below we will obtain a sufficient quantity for 4 people. If you want to do more or less, you just have to adapt them to your needs:

• 1 kilo of beef
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 large onion
• 1 kilo of tomatoes
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil (45 ml)
• Salt to taste
• 1 cup of chipotle chili (240 grams)

As for beef, we can mix several types, from various areas of the animal. In addition, before preparation, it will be important to properly remove the bones or parts that may have nerves to make the most of the meat and not add certain impurities to the dish.

Preparation of the beef entomatado

• To start with the recipe, we will place the meat, previously diced, in a pressure cooker. We add two cloves of garlic, half an onion and we salt it to taste.
• We will let this set cook for about 25 minutes, with a little olive oil.
• While the meat is being prepared, we will prepare the tomatoes separately. First, we will peel them, wash them and cut them into small cubes.

• Once ready, we place them in a small pot with water and cover them so that they cook properly for about 8 minutes.
• On the other hand, we will cut the other half of the onion into slices and we will chop the two remaining garlic cloves into very small and fine pieces.
• We will place them in a pan with hot oil and let them cook over medium heat until the onion is evenly browned, adding a touch of salt.
• When the onion has acquired a certain transparent tone, remove the pan from the heat. We will also remove the tomatoes and drain them a little, leaving some water in the pot.
• When the time for cooking the meat has passed, we will drain it to remove the liquid that it has released, reserving it, and we will transfer it to a frying pan with a little hot olive oil.
• We will fry the pieces of meat, sealing them quickly so that the water inside does not evaporate and thus avoid that the meat is too dry.

Completion of entomating

1. In this pan we will add the onion and garlic mixture, and the tomatoes. We will remove the whole, we will season it and we will let it cook for 5 minutes.
2. At this time, we add a cup of the beef broth that we reserved previously, and we will let it reduce a little so that it acquires the consistency of a sauce.

• Finally, we add the chipotle chili pepper and another pinch of salt. We will let the whole set cook for about 8 minutes, so that the meat is finished inside and the flavors mix properly.

Beef entomatado with beans

As a second option, we can accompany the beef entomatado with a side of beans. Through Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition they highlight that beans contain multifaceted carbohydrates, high protein, dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins.

Ingredients

• 250 grams of black beans

• 1/4 of onion (20 grams)
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation

• The preparation of this addition of beans will begin by soaking the vegetables in water overnight. In this way, we can get them to soften enough for their preparation.
• Once this time has passed, we place the beans in a pot, covering them completely with water and cook them for about 20 minutes, counting from the moment the pot begins to smoke. For this first cooking, we must make sure to cover the pot well.
• After this time, we uncover the pot and let the beans cook for 20 more minutes. At this point we will add the onion, cut into cubes or slices, and add salt and pepper to taste.

• Once the time has passed, it will be enough to remove the beans from the heat and drain them. So we will leave them ready to be placed on the plate as a garnish along with the beef entomatado.

This variant of the recipe will allow us to accompany the beef with delicious beans, also widely used in traditional Mexican cuisine.

Thus, in addition to obtaining new flavors, we will increase the proportion of vegetables on the plate, achieving a healthier result compared to red beef.