Ropa Vieja

Ingredients:

500 g of chickpeas
1 kg of Potatoes
500 g of Pork or Beef meat
500 g of chicken meat
1 glass of wine
2 tomatoes
1 onion
1 pepper
3 cloves of garlic
Thyme
Laurel
Saffron
Parsley
Black Pepper
Paprika
Salt

Procedure:

Leave the beans to soak the night before.
When preparing the chickpeas, place a pot of water on the stove and when it boils, add the chickpeas, meat and some salt.
When the ingredients are tender, drain them in broth, meat and then we start to crumble it.
Prepare a frying mixture with the onion, tomatoes, peppers, add a paste with 2 garlics, 3 black peppers, a bit of Paprika, Saffron and Salt.
Fry everything with little oil, when almost finished add a glass of wine, chopped parsley, thyme, bay leaf, the chickpeas and meat, leaving this to heat about 15 minutes.
Finally fry the potatoes into cubes and add it to the Ropa Vieja before serving.

Thanks to Jorge Garza for this recipe.