Carne Louca

15 ingredients · 25 steps · from Vini Cook

Carne Louca

Ingredients

  • 1 entire piece (regular size) Onion
  • 3 different colors total Yellow pepper
  • Red pepper
  • Green pepper
  • 2 kilos Meat dices
  • big amount Black pepper
  • 2 teaspoon (for meat) Salt
  • Ready seasoning for meat
  • 2 tablespoons (for sautéing peppers) Olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 cloves (for pan base) Garlic cloves
  • 1 and a half liters (for meat cooking) Water
  • regular container/bottle Tomato sauce
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • 2 or 3 spoons Meat broth
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Steps

  1. Chop the onion into small dices.
  2. Prepare the peppers: remove seeds and chop them into strips, then cut them diagonally to create different visuals. Repeat this for all three colors (yellow, red, green).
  3. Season the meat with a big amount of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, and ready seasoning for meat.
  4. Blend the seasonings thoroughly with the meat using your hands.
  5. Place the seasoned meat in a pressure cooker and cook for at least 1 minute (or until covered by the special seasoning).
  6. Heat the pressure cooker with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter.
  7. Do not stir the meat immediately; let it create a crust of flavor.
  8. Stir in all the chopped onion, tearing it slightly.
  9. Add 2 cloves of garlic and fill the pan with water (use 1.5 liters for 2 kilos of meat), ensuring there are two fingers of water above the meat.
  10. Stir a little more to blend ingredients in the pressure cooker.
  11. Close the lid and cook for at least 40 minutes.
  12. Heat a large pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
  13. Sauté all three colors of peppers until they are covered by oil.
  14. Add half a teaspoon of salt to the peppers, stir, and keep the stove on medium power.
  15. After 3 to 5 minutes, add 100 mL of water to soften the peppers.
  16. Leave it for 5 to 10 minutes and close the pan.
  17. After 5 more minutes, check the peppers in the pan and throw in the entire regular container/bottle of tomato sauce. Stir with other ingredients and let it boil while the meat cooks.
  18. Before closing the pan again, add cherry tomatoes for sweetness.
  19. Once the meat is cooked (after 45 minutes), shred it using a fork by pressing over the meat until all pieces are shredded very fast.
  20. Use 2 or 3 spoons of the flavorful water/broth from the pressure cooker and throw it into the sauce pan with the peppers.
  21. Stir to reduce the sauce, adding more broth as needed for taste. Taste and adjust salt if necessary.
  22. Close the pan again for another 5 minutes.
  23. Throw all the shredded beef into the sauce pan.
  24. Continue stirring until the beef takes on a new color from the ingredients.
  25. Taste the final dish, adding more meat broth as needed to enhance flavor before serving.

Recipe extracted by Foodle from “Crazy Meat - Authentic Brazilian Carne Louca Recipe” by Vini Cook . Quantities follow the video and may be approximate — watch the original for technique.