Carne Machaca Recipes

CARNE MECHADA (VENEZUELAN SHREDDED BEEF)

Steps:

• Trim the meat, if necessary, and cut it into 4 pieces. Place the pieces in a medium soup pot and cover them with water. Add 1 quartered onion and simmer for 2 hours, removing any foam that may float to the top.
• Once cooked, remove the beef from the water and let it cool slightly. (Reserve 2 c of the cooking broth.)
• Once cool enough to handle, shred the meat with two forks. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large sauté pan with high sides over medium heat. Add the onion, peppers, and garlic. Sauté for 4-5 min until the onions are soft.
• Add the diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and cumin. Mix well.
• Add the shredded meat and 2 c of the meat broth. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 20 min. (If you are serving your carne mechada with rice and beans, classic Venezuelan style, go ahead a leave the meat a little brothy. If you will be using it to fill arepas or empanadas, you will want to cook it until nearly dry, stirring often so it doesn't stick.)

MACHACA CON HUEVO RECIPE

Steps:

• Chop tomatoes and onion. Then finely chop garlic, Serrano chili and cilantro.
• Heat pan to medium and pour in cooking oil.
• Add shredded beef to the pan and quickly stir. Be careful as oil may splatter.
• Stir machaca constantly for three minutes, making sure beef doesn't stick to the pan.
• Add onions to the pan and stir to combine.
• Add garlic. Cook for one minute, stirring constantly.
• Add tomatoes and Serrano chile. Cook for one minute, stirring frequently.
• Crack four eggs into a bowl and add salt and pepper to taste. Note that beef may already be salty, so taste the beef before adding salt.
• Sprinkle cilantro on top of eggs and beat with a fork or whisk until well combined.
• Pour eggs into the pan with machaca mixture. Increase heat and cook for two minutes, stirring constantly.

PERFECT MACHACA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together the chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, oregano, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Season the roast evenly with the spice mixture. Cover the roast with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, add the roast and sear until browned on all sides.
• Add the roast to the crockpot. Pour over the diced tomatoes, broth, bell pepper onion, jalapenos, then squeeze over the lime juice.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
• Serve immediately with your favorite toppings! This meat is great for nachos, burritos, tacos, or salad!

AUTHENTIC MACHACA CON HUEVOS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, add the 5 eggs and season with salt & pepper to taste. Scramble with a fork and set aside
• In a large skillet, heat two tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add the onions and chile verde. Cook for 3 minutes or until soft.
• Add the tomatoes and cook and cook for two more minutes. Then add the machaca and mix to combine well.
• Add the scrambled eggs and cook until eggs are no longer runny.
• Serve warm with tortillas and beans

CARNE MACHACA

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pan with a lid, over medium heat, sauté onions, Ro-tel, red chili flakes, Tabasco, black pepper and cumin, adding a little water only as needed to keep the mixture from sticking.
• Stir frequently, cooking until the onion is translucent and tender.
• Add tomatoes with their liquid and stir well.
• Cook for 3-5 minutes.
• There won't be much liquid at this point.
• Add beef.
• Reduce heat to simmer, cover pot and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1-1/2 hours or until beef is thoroughly tender.
• When beef has cooled, refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, shred beef pieces, using fingers.
• Skim and fat from cooking juices and return beef to pan.
• Reheat over low heat and serve.

DRY MEAT WITH EGGS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium heat skillet, add the onion and sauté for about 4 minutes. Add the dry meat. It will absorb the oil in the skillet. Let it brown a little at medium heat stirring frequently. About 5 minutes for this step.
• Add more oil if need. Place the chopped tomatoes and Serrano pepper into the skillet. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes. Lower the heat.
• Now the tomatoes have released their juice.
• Pour the eggs into the skillet and stir until they are done and to your liking. Taste to see if they need salt. Do not let them dry.
• Well, some people like to eat this dish very saucy.
• Serve with and A spicy sauce will be a good addition in case you didn't add the serrano peppers.

MACHACA (AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SHREDDED BEEF)

Steps:

• Place meat in large saucepan. Add water, peppercorns, 1/4 onion and salt to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat. Cover and simmer until meat is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool meat in broth. Drain, reserving 1/3 cup broth. Mash garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt to make a paste. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chopped onion and garlic paste. Cook until onion is tender. Cut chili into short strips. Add chili strips and tomatoes to cooked onion.
• Cook 3 to 4 minutes. Add meat, cumin and freshly ground pepper to taste. Cook until meat is heated through. Stir in reserved broth. Taste and add salt if needed. Keep warm.
• NOTE: Can be served as a main dish or in tacos or other tortilla dishes.

EL CHARRO MACHACA (CARNE SECA)

Steps:

• * Garlic Puree - peel 8 whole heads of garlic by smashing the cloves with the side of a wide knife; the peel will slip off easily then. Put the peeled garlic in a blender with about 2 cups of water, and puree. Drain, if necessary, and store in a tightly closed glass jar in the refrigerator. The way we make carne seca at El Charro requires special equipment - and Tucsons sun - and is impossible to duplicate at home. But a similar product is obtained using the following recipe. Meat prepared this way has endless uses as fillings for burritos, chimichangas, enchiladas, chalupas ... In an 8-quart stock pot, bring water to the boil. Add 1/4 cup garlic puree and meat and bring back to the boil. Skim off scum, reduce heat and simmer about 2 hours, or until meat is tender, remoing scum frequently. Remove meat and set aside until cool enough to handle. With fingers, shred meat along the grain into 1/2-inch wide strips. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spread shredded meat in a single layer on a large cookie sheet and sprinkle with lime juice mixed with garlic puree. Roast meat until brown, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain juices and reserve. NOTE: At this point, the meat can be covered and refrigerated for later use. Heat oil in a large skillet. Saute chile with salt and pepper. Add onion and tomatoes and saute briefly, then add garlic puree. Add meat, stirring over medium heat to brown. If too dry, add some of the reserved juices from above. Recipe By : El Charro Cafe Favorite Recipes From: El Charro Cafe Favorite Recipes File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip