Cooking Cuban - Rabo Encendido (Oxtail)

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.

Season the oxtail with sazon completo and oregano; let it marinate for a few hours.

Peel and chop an entire head of garlic.

Chop the onion and sauté it in oil over medium-high heat.

Chop the green pepper into small pieces and add it to the sautéing onion.

Add tomato sauce to the mixture and let it sauté.

Add red cooking wine to enhance the flavors.

Add the chopped garlic to the sofrito and stir.

Add soy sauce and hot sauce to the mixture, then season with salt to taste and let it simmer.

Squeeze half a lime over the seasoned oxtail just before cooking.

Coat the oxtail in the seasoning mixture thoroughly.

If using a pressure cooker, transfer the sofrito mixture to it, add red cooking wine, and cook for 1 hour; if not, cook in the pot for about 2.5 hours, stirring occasionally.

After cooking, transfer the meat back to the pot to simmer with some of the liquid for additional flavor.

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