Bistec en Cazuela

Name: Bistec en Cazuela (Casseroled Beefsteak)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Puerto Rico
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon orégano; 3 tablespoons beef stock; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 3 medium onions, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons lard, or vegetable oil; Salt, freshly ground pepper; ½ pint Seville orange juice; 6 small steaks, such as rump or round, each weighing about 8 oz.

Casseroled Beefsteak

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Book of Caribbean Cooking

By Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz

Published 1973

About

It is worth going to some trouble to find Seville oranges for this dish. The juice gives an unusual and delicate flavour which substitutes cannot reproduce.

Ingredients

6 small steaks, such as rump or round, each weighing about 8 oz.
Salt, freshly ground pepper

Americas
Puerto Rico
Main course
Gluten-free
Caribbean

Method

Have the butcher flatten the steaks, or do it yourself with a meat cleaver. Season to taste with salt and pepper on both sides. Place in a bowl and pour in the orange juice. Cover, and refrigerate overnight, turning once or twice.

Lift the steaks out of the adobo (marinade) and pat dry. Reserve the adobo. Heat the lard or oil in a heavy frying pan and sauté the onions and garlic with th