INGREDIENTS FOR CARNE GUISADA RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large stovetop pan, add lard (or oil) and turn heat to medium.
• Cut up shoulder roast to 1-inch cubes and add to pan. Roughly chop the tomato and add on top of meat.
• Remove seeds from bell pepper. Rough chop and add to the top of ingredients.
• Rough slice onion and add to the pan.
• Chop garlic cloves small and thin and add to the top of the pan.
• Add cumin, salt, and pepper.
• Now stir all ingredients together. At this time the aromas should be AMAZING!
• Place lid on top and cook on LOW for 3 hours. Stir occasionally.
• 30 minutes before carne guisada is ready, add flour to the 1/2 cup water. Stir flour mixture into the pot.
• Now you will notice that the vegetables have cooked down to practically nothing. They have converted to pure flavor!
• Let simmer on low for the next 20-30 minutes. This recipe is so amazingly simple. No fancy ingredients. If this is not the best carne guisada recipe you have ever tried please let me know! Please feel free to add your special touches if you wish but this recipe has not changed for 100 years. It will bring your family together and is so Mexican and traditional.
• The final product sits with traditional Mexican rice and homemade flour tortillas. I hope you enjoy it as long as my family has enjoyed it. Love to cook and cook with love!

Steps:

• In a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, mix first 13 ingredients and, if desired, liquid smoke. Stir in pork, potatoes and onion. Cook, covered, on low until pork is tender, 7-9 hours., Discard bay leaf; skim fat from cooking juices. Shred pork slightly with 2 forks. Serve with remaining ingredients as desired.