Cuban Ropa Vieja

By:
On:
In: Dinner, Meat, Recipes

Ropa vieja translates to “old clothes”. It gets the name from the beef having the appearance of tattered clothes and while it may sound far from appetizing to refer to a savory dish as old, tattered clothing, this dish is anything but! It is exquisitely simple in terms of ingredientsContinue Reading

vaca frita

By:
On:
In: Blog, Dinner, Meat, Recipes

The literal translation for “vaca frita” is “fried cow”, which is not exactly the most appetizing name. However, the fact is that this is one of the tastiest steak dinners in Cuban cuisine. It’s basically a fried flank steak that gets parboiled, shred apart when tender, and then re-fried withContinue Reading