Beef Caldo with Spinach
This is a highly nutritious and wonderful Mexican soup, called a ‘caldo.’ It is too dense to be a soup, and is almost a stew, except the liquid hasn’t been thickened. The flavors are deep and rich. I almost never use ‘cubed beef’ any more, unless it’s truly necessary as I think these thin slices are far better. Try this caldo, and you’ll see why!
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir meat until well browned on all sides, then transfer to a large stock pot. Cook and stir onions in the same skillet in the fat remaining from the meat. When lightly browned and tender, stir in tomatoes. Continue cooking until some of the tomato liquid has evaporated, then transfer to the stock pot with the meat.
Step: 2
In a separate skillet, brown the potatoes in a small amount of oil over medium-high heat, turning occasionally. Add the potatoes to the meat, along with the tomato puree, spinach, red wine, garlic, and oregano. Add just enough beef broth or water to cover meat and vegetables, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook for one hour.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 233 calories; protein 15.1g; carbohydrates 25.7g; fat 7.3g; cholesterol 26.1mg; sodium 621.8mg.
The name of “stew” can refer to both a food and a cooking method. Stewing involves not fast cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull water based . It’s same as to braising, but it makes have a few piece of differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces instead of being processing menu all of it , and the water based material all of it covers the contents in a stew as different to a braise’s halfway full . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.
Stew has a reputation for making a rib-sticking eating process that comfortable you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s cozy factor goes way beyond preserving you from the cold . It’s all about those soft and chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The way they come together creates the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.
