Braised Beef (Trinchado)

This traditional Portuguese dish features tender cubed beef braised in a rich sauce of Worcestershire, wine, and spices. The beef is marinated to enhance the flavors, then slowly simmered until fork-tender. Perfect served with crusty Portuguese bread rolls.

Servings: 3
Category: Entrees
Source: Easy Portuguese Recipes

Recipe

Servings

Prep:20 minutes

Cook:1 hour 30 minutes

Total:1 hour 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 454 g cubed beef tenderloin
• 44 ml butter
• 3 ml salt
• 3 ml black pepper
• 3 ml paprika
• 1 onion, sliced
• 37 ml Worcestershire sauce
• 2 small hot red chili peppers, stemmed and chopped (with seeds)
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 15 ml flour
• 118 ml beef stock
• 118 ml Portuguese red wine
• 3 Portuguese bread rolls (for serving)

Directions

1. Marinate beef in Worcestershire sauce, chilis, paprika, salt, and pepper for 2 hours in refrigerator
2. Brown beef in batches in butter
3. Cook onions and garlic, add flour
4. Add marinade, stock, and wine; simmer sauce
5. Return beef to pan, simmer 20-25 minutes until tender
6. Serve hot with bread rolls or fries

Notes

Recipe converted from imperial measurements. Tablespoon measurements converted to ml as specified in instructions.

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