Beef Carnitas
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 cup less-sodium beef broth
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 large unpeeled orange wedge
- Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion; saute 4 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute. Add beef; saute 5 minutes or until beef is browned on all sides. Stir in broth, sugar, salt, and pepper; nestle orange section into beef mixture. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until beef is tender. Remove and discard orange. Continue simmering, uncovered, 8 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates, stirring frequently.
- This recipe was updated for the November, 2012 25th anniversary issue.
cooking spray, onion, garlic, beef stew meat, beef broth, sugar, salt, red pepper
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/beef-carnitas (may not work)