✅CUBAN RABO ENCENDIDO RECIPE | THE BEST CUBAN OXTAIL STEW🇨🇺

red wine

🥗Healthier: grape juice

💰Cheaper: white wine

Grape juice provides sweetness without alcohol.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with bouillon

Vegetable broth reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

Cut oxtail into smaller pieces.

Marinate oxtail with red wine, salt, and black pepper in a sealed bag for 3 hours.

Set Instant Pot to sauté and heat oil.

Brown oxtail in the pot, then remove and set aside.

Prepare the sofrito by adding onion, orange bell pepper, green bell pepper, and minced garlic to the pot.

Once garlic is fragrant, add Goya seasoning, black pepper, thyme, cumin, oregano, and bay leaves.

Add tomato paste and a bit of water to clean the container, then pour in red wine and olives.

Let the sofrito cook for 5 minutes, then taste and adjust salt, adding 1 tablespoon salt.

Return browned oxtail to the pot, add parsley, and seal the lid.

Set Instant Pot to manual for 40 minutes, then let it sit for 15 minutes after cooking.

Prepare rice by rinsing 1 cup of white rice, adding 1/2 cup of water, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of oil, then cooking in the Instant Pot.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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