Best Debs Caldillo Mexican Ground Beef Stew Recipes

MEXICAN BEEF STEW (CALDILLO)

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan or Dutch oven.
• Add the beef stew meat, onions, and garlic. Saute, stirring frequently, until the stew meat has browned and the onions are transparent.
• Add the remaining ingredients except for the potatoes. Stir well.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer.
• Cover tightly and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is tender.
• Stir in the potatoes.
• Continue cooking for an additional 30 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked through.
• Serve with warm tortillas and lime wedges on the side.

DEB'S CALDILLO (MEXICAN GROUND BEEF STEW)

Steps:

• In a deep pot, crumble and brown beef with onion, garlic, cumin, and bacon grease.
• Add chicken broth, salt, pepper, and chili powder; mix together well.
• Add all canned ingredients and stir well.
• Stir in vinegar to desired tartness.
• Add potatoes.
• Simmer on medium low heat for about 1 hour or until potatoes are fork-tender.
• Serve topped with grated cheese and jalapeños, with warm tortillas on the side.

CALDILLO

Steps:

• Brown beef and saute onions in bacon grease.
• Add diced tomatoes, chile strips, both beef and chicken broths, and all seasonings to beef and onions mixture.
• Simmer over low heat until meat is tender.
• Add cubed potatoes during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
• This freezes well before the potatoes are added.
• This mexican stew can be served with warm dinner rolls, flour tortillas, or even cornbread.
• It makes one gallon of stew.

INSTANT POT® CALDILLO

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat olive oil and sear beef cubes until browned on all sides, 5 to 8 minutes. Remove browned beef from the pot and set aside. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Turn off Saute function.
• Return beef to the pot with onions. Mix in beef broth, potatoes, diced tomatoes, green chiles, oregano, garlic, cumin, chipotle chile powder, chili powder, and pepper. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 45 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes.

CALDILLO (NEW MEXICAN GREEN CHILE STEW)

Steps:

• Cube meat, sprinkle with salt and fry until brown in oil.
• Add potatoes to browned meat together with onion, garlic, salt, chili and enough water to cover.
• Continue to add water if necessary.
• It will have a soupy consistency.

SLOW COOKER MEXICAN BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Line a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner.
• Coat the beef with flour. Cook and stir beef in a large skillet in hot oil over medium-high heat about 5 minutes or until browned.
• Place the beans, carrots, onion, and garlic into the prepared slow cooker liner. Top with the beef. Add tomatoes, broth, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on low 7 hours or until the beef is fork-tender.
• Stir in the corn gently with a rubber spatula. Cover and cook 10 minutes more or until heated through. If desired, serve with avocado, cilantro, and/or crushed red pepper.

MEXICAN GROUND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Stew: cook beef.
• add all ingredients to large pot.
• simmer on low for 2 hours.
• serve in individual bowls with cheese and tortilla strips on top.
• Tortilla strips: slice tortillas in thin strips and fry in oil.

CALDILLO (NORTHERN NEW MEXICO-STYLE SOUP)

Steps:

• 1. Fry beef in a medium-sized saucepan at medium heat until browned. Add potatoes and continue to fry until potatoes are golden brown.
• 2. Add onions, water, seasonings,tomatoes and Chile.
• 3. Cover and simmer at low heat until potatoes are tender. Serve hot.

CALDILLO -- SOUTH OF THE BORDER STEW

Steps:

• Sauté the beef and onions in the bacon drippings.
• Add tomatoes, sliced green chilies, stocks and seasonings.
• Cook over low heat until meat is tender (about two hours).
• Add cubed potatoes and carrots during last 30 minutes.