Delicious Pot Roast With Tomato Sauce, Economical And Easy To Prepare

Pot meat with tomato sauce is a typical dish of Mexican cuisine. It is mainly prepared with beef or pork, and can be accompanied by onion or garlic. With that, we can get a delicious dish that will please every palate.

Ingredients for pot roast with tomato sauce

Moderate consumption of beef is important in a balanced and healthy diet. As noted in a study published in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , red meat is an important source of high biological value proteins and other important nutrients.

Therefore, this pot meat with tomato sauce is a good option to taste the meat in a different and healthy way. In addition, tomatoes are also the protagonists, which, according to data published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research , contain vitamins, minerals and powerful antioxidants.

With the quantities that we will propose below, we were able to prepare a meal sufficient for 4 people. If you want to do more or less, just adapt them to your needs:

• 1 kilo of beef
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 large onion
• 1 kilo of tomato
• 3 tablespoons of oil (45 ml)
• salt to taste
• 1 cup of chipotle pepper (240 grams)

As for beef,  we can mix several types, from various parts of the animal. Also, before starting the preparation, it will be important to properly remove the bones or parts that may have nerves to make the most of the meat and not add certain impurities to the dish.

Preparation of potted meat with tomato sauce

• To start the recipe, place the meat, previously cut into cubes, in a pressure cooker. Add two garlic cloves, half an onion and salt to taste.

• Let it  cook for about 25 minutes  with a little oil.
• While the meat is being cooked, prepare the tomatoes separately. First, peel, wash and cut them into small cubes.
• When ready, place them in a small pot of water and cover so that they cook properly for about 8 minutes.
• Cut the other half of the onion into slices and chop the remaining two cloves of garlic into very small, fine pieces.
• Place them in a pan of hot oil and  cook over medium heat until the onion is browned, adding a touch of salt.
• When the onion has acquired a certain transparent hue, remove the pan from the heat. Remove the tomatoes and drain, leaving a little water in the pan.
• When the cooking time for the meat has passed, drain to remove the liquid it has released, reserving it, and passing the meat to a pan with a little hot oil.

• Fry the pieces of meat,  sealing them quickly so that the water does not evaporate and avoiding making the meat too dry.

Finishing the dish

1. In a saucepan, add the onion, garlic and tomato mixture. Stir, season and cook for 5 minutes.
2. At this point, add a cup of the meat broth that was previously reserved and let it reduce a little on the fire so that it acquires the consistency of a sauce.
3. Finally add the chipotle pepper and another pinch of salt. Let the whole mixture cook for about 8 minutes, so that the meat reaches the point inside and the flavors are integrated correctly.

pot meat with beans

As a second option, we can accompany the pot meat with a garnish of beans. Through Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition , it is emphasized that beans contain multifaceted carbohydrates, proteins, dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins.

Ingredients

• 250 grams of black beans.
• 1/4 of onion (20 grams).
• Salt and black pepper to taste.

Preparation

• The preparation of this bean garnish will begin by soaking the beans in water overnight. That way, we’ll be able to make them soft enough to be prepared.
• After that time, place the beans in a pan, covering them completely with water, and cook for about 20 minutes, counting from the moment the pan starts to give off steam. For this first cooking, we must cover the pan well.

• After that time, uncover the pan and let the beans cook for another 20 minutes. At that point, add the onion, cut into cubes or slices, salt and pepper to taste.
• When time has passed, remove the beans from the heat and strain. This way, it will be ready to be placed on the plate as an accompaniment with the potted meat.

This variant of the recipe will allow us to accompany the meat with delicious beans, which are also widely used in traditional Mexican cuisine.

So, in addition to getting new flavors, we will  increase the proportion of vegetables in the dish, obtaining a healthier result compared to red meat alone.