Instant Pot Cuban Ropa Vieja

Instant Pot Cuban Ropa Vieja makes an almost effortless low carb mix of meat and vegetables in your pressure cooker.

A colorful feast for the eyes as well as your tastebuds, make this dish with less than 10 minutes of prep time.

This Ropa Vieja makes a lovely sauce to pour over rice, or to have with a side salad to serve a tasty, low-carb meal.

What is Cuban Ropa Vieja?

Ropa Vieja means old clothes, and the name telegraphs the final appearance of the dish which, with it’s long shreds of meat and vegetables, can be likened to a pile of old rags.

Thankfully it doesn’t taste anything like that, so go ahead and make it!

I tried to make this dish with spices you’d be extremely likely to have at home.

This is also why I chose a chuck steak rather than a long piece of flank steak, which is traditional with this dish.

I could only find really big pieces of flank steak, and I didn’t really want to make 2-3 lbs of meat this weekend.

But if you intend to double the recipe, and prefer to use flank steak, that will also work well, but it will be a little less tender and less fatty.

The steps for this Instant Pot Cuban Ropa Vieja are:

• Pour meat, vegetables, and spices into your pressure cooker
• Cook for 30 mins HP, 10 mins NPR
• Shred meat, add olives and serve

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Instant Pot Cuban Ropa vieja

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

50 mins

 

Instant Pot Cuban Ropa Vieja makes an almost effortless low carb mix of meat and vegetables in your pressure cooker. A colorful feast for the eyes as well as your tastebuds, make this dish with less than 10 minutes of prep time. This Ropa Vieja makes a lovely sauce to pour over rice, or to have with a side salad to serve a tasty, low-carb meal.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Cuban, Mexican

Dietary Consideration: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, High Fat, High Protein, Keto, Low Carb, Low Sugar

Cooking Style: Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker

Ease of Cooking: Pour and Cook

Recipe Type: Beef, Pressure Cooker

Servings: 6

Calories: 230 kcal

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups sliced onions
• 1 cup sliced sweet peppers
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 cups canned fire-roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 pound chuck steak
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano

To Garnish

• 1/2 cup sliced pimento-stuffed olives

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Pour all ingredients into the inner liner of your Instant Pot or pressure cooke and press the MEAT button and set to 30 minutes at high pressure.

   
   

2. Once it is done cooking, allow it to release pressure naturally for 10 minutes, and then release all remaining pressure.

   
   

3. Turn your Instant Pot on to Sauté and allow the sauce to start boiling so it stays hot.

   
   

4. Meanwhile, remove the chuck steak carefully and cut or shred into long slices, and add back to the sauce.

   
   

5. Add in the sliced olives and serve with rice or a side salad. 

Nutrition Facts

Instant Pot Cuban Ropa vieja

Amount Per Serving

Calories 230 Calories from Fat 117

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 13g 20%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 51mg 17%

Sodium 754mg 31%

Potassium 394mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 11g 4%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 4g

Protein 16g 32%

Vitamin A 27.9%

Vitamin C 45.1%

Calcium 6.5%

Iron 15.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.