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Bistec ranchero with potatoes

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Ingredients
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  • 1 whole onion
  • 4 whole tomatoes
  • 2 lb flank steak
  • 1 tsp garlic salt
  • ¼ tsp ground cumin
  • ¼ tsp oregano
  • 1 can tomato sauce
Cut the onion into strips; core the tomatoes, cut around the seeds, and cut them into strips; keep them separate.
  • 1 whole jalapeno
Seed the jalapeno, cut into strips, halve them, and add to the onion. Chop the cilantro.
  • cilantro
  • 4 whole small potatoes
Trim the potatoes, halve them and cut into thin half-moons.
Trim the fat from the flank steak, square it off, halve it with the grain, then cut against the grain into thin strips. Season with a little salt and black pepper.
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • oil
Heat a little oil in a pan over medium-high heat, add the steak and let it brown 1 minute, mix, and cook 1 more minute.
Browning the steak and potatoes
Add the potatoes, season with a little salt, mix and cook 5 minutes.
Add the onion and jalapeno and cook 3 minutes.
Add the roma tomatoes and season with tomato and chicken bouillon, garlic salt, ground cumin and oregano rubbed between the hands; mix.
  • tomato and chicken bouillon
  • 1 cup water
Add the tomato sauce and 1 cup of water, mix, and bring to a simmer; taste for salt and adjust.
  • 2 whole bay leaves
Top with the cilantro, add two bay leaves, reduce to medium-low, cover and cook 10 to 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
Covered braise until the potatoes are soft
Serve, with beans and flour tortillas.
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