Rabo Encendido (Cuban Oxtail Stew)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups vino seco (white cooking wine)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 pounds beef oxtails
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 2 cups diced onion
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup green olives, pitted and halved
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons Miami-style sazon seasoning (sazon completa)
- ½ (.18 ounce) packet sazon seasoning (such as Sa-Son Accent®)
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 3 cups chicken broth
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Instructions
- Whisk vino seco, 1/4 cup olive oil, and salt together in a large bowl. Add oxtails and mix well to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
- Drain oxtails, discarding all but 1/2 cup of the marinade.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and sear oxtails until browned on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a large plate. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same pot. Saute potatoes, onion, and carrots until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Mash garlic and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a coarse paste in a mortar and pestle. Add garlic paste to the pot; stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in green olives, bay leaves, sazon completa, sazon seasoning, and allspice. Pour in reserved marinade, tomato sauce, and chicken broth.
- Return oxtails to the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, until oxtails are fork tender and falling off the bone, about 4 hours.
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