DELICIOUSLY TENDER - SPANISH OXTAIL IN RED WINE - RABO DE TORO (the classic recipe)

red wine

🥗Healthier: non-alcoholic wine

💰Cheaper: grape juice

Grape juice provides sweetness without alcohol.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: vegetable broth

Vegetable broth is often less expensive and can be made at home.

Peel and slice the onion into small pieces.

Cut the carrot into small pieces.

Cut the leek into small pieces.

Clean and cut the red and green peppers into tiny pieces.

Crush the garlic with a knife and slice it.

Dice the potatoes into small pieces.

Season the oxtail with salt and black pepper to taste.

Heat olive oil in a pressure cooker and brown the oxtail for about a minute.

Remove the oxtail and scrape the bottom of the pressure cooker.

Add the crushed garlic to the pot and stir.

Add the sliced onion and stir together.

Add the leek and stir again.

Add the diced red and green peppers and carrot, mixing everything together.

Once the vegetables are soft, add tomato sauce and stir.

Return the oxtail to the pressure cooker.

Add enough water to cover the meat by a couple of centimeters.

Pour in 1 cup of red wine and stir to combine.

Close the pressure cooker and cook on medium heat for a couple of hours.

While the meat is cooking, heat olive oil in a pan and fry the diced potatoes with a pinch of salt until golden brown.

After a couple of hours, open the pressure cooker and check that the meat is soft and comes off the bone.

Set the meat aside and blend the remaining contents of the pot to make a sauce.

Prepare the dish by adding the sauce to the plate, placing the oxtail on top, and serving with fried potatoes.

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