One such recipe is ropa vieja, a classic Cuban dish (with Spanish origins) of shredded beef in a tomato-based sauce with bell peppers. Its name translates to “old clothes” because the shreds ...

The food we've sampled is a mixed bag: Ropa vieja is a Cuban dish of piquant stewed beef (the name means "old clothes, a reference to how the beef softens, resembling rags, when cooked), served ...

Ropa vieja Although ropa vieja doesn't have the most appetizing of names — it literally means "old clothes" in Spanish — the dish itself is a mouthwatering blend of shredded beef stewed in ...

Get the recipe: Instant Pot Ropa Vieja “I’m pushing the idea that you can be someone of a mixed background and still fully claim the ethnicity of whatever you are,” she said. “I feel like ...