Best 7 Mondongo Puerto Rican Tripe Stew Recipes

DOMINICAN STYLE TRIPE STEW (MONDONGO)

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, boil the tripe covered with water, lime juice, salt and pepper until tender, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Remove tripe from the pot and cut into cubes.
• In a large pot, heat the oil and add onion and garlic. Let cook until onion cooks through and become translucent. Add the pepper, tomato sauce, sazon and crushed red pepper. Stir to combine and let cook for about 1 minute.
• Add carrots, potato, and tripe. Stir once more and let cook for about 1 minute.
• Add water and stir. Cover and let cook for about 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until carrots and potatoes become tender.
• Add cilantro and scallions. Season with salt to taste.
• Serve warm with white rice, hot sauce, and lime on the side.

[RECIPE + VIDEO] MONDONGO SOUP (DOMINICAN TRIPE STEW)

Steps:

• Cleaning the honeycomb: Peel off fat and lining. Wash with abundant cold water.
• Boiling the honeycomb: Place the honeycomb in a large pot. Add cilantro, a teaspoon of salt, and ground black pepper. Pour in half a gallon [2 liters] of water and add the juice of two limes (or lemon juice). Boil over medium heat until the honeycomb is fork-tender, adding water as it becomes necessary to maintain the same level. This may take a long time: 1 to 3 hours in a conventional pot. You can shorten this by using a pressure cooker, where it may take 30 to 60 minutes.
• Chopping the honeycomb: Remove the honeycomb from the heat and discard the liquid. Cool to room temperature. Cut into spoon-sized pieces.Set it aside.
• Cooking the vegetables: In a pot heat the oil over medium-low heat. Stir in the onion and garlic. Cook and stir until the onions become translucent. Stir in celery, peppers, and tomatoes. Cook covered for a couple of minutes. Add oregano, and pour in the tomato sauce and stir.
• Cooking the mondongo: Add the honeycomb, carrot, and potato. Cook stirring for a couple of minutes. Pour in Add 3 cups of water. Simmer covered over low heat until the potatoes and carrots are cooked through (about 15 minutes). Taste and season with salt and hot sauce to taste. Remove from the heat.
• Serving: This should be served as soon as it comes off the stove. If you are not going to eat it right away, reheat right before serving. Serve with arroz blanco and avocado.

MONDONGO: PUERTO RICAN TRIPE STEW

Steps:

• Wash tripe tripe and calf's feet thoroughly under running water.
• drain and dry.
• Reserve calf's feet.
• Rub tripe with limes and place in a pot.
• Squeeze the rest of juice from limes over tripe.
• Add water to cover tripe by 2 inches and bring rapidly to a boil.
• Reduce heat to moderate and boil, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Drain and rinse well in cold running water.
• Cut tripe into strips 1+1/2 inch x 1 inch and place in a 10 quart kettle, together with calf's feet and rest of ingredients included in list"B".
• Bring rapidly to a boil, reduce heat to moderate, cover, and boil about 2 hours or until tripe is tender.
• Add garbanzo's, including liquid, and rest of ingredients included in list"C" and bring to a boil over over high heat.
• Reduce heat to moderate, cover, and boil until vegetables are fork-tender.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Boil, uncovered, over moderate heat, until thickened to taste.

PUERTO RICAN CRABMEAT STEW: MOFONGO PUERTORRIQUENO

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring water to a boil and blanch plantains. Peel plantains and cut into 2-inch segments.
• In a saute pan, heat oil and saute onions, peppers and tomatoes. When soft, add the chipotles and white wine. Cook until liquid is almost evaporated. Add crabmeat and cook for 3 minutes. Add cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil to 350 degrees F. Fry plantains for 5 minutes, then drain and divide into 4 equal portions. Place each portion individually in a mortar, and mash plantains, adding chicken stock as needed. Coat sides of mortar with plantain and fill with crab stuffing. Fold over the edges to form a dumpling and flip onto a plate.

PUERTO RICAN MONDONGO

Steps:

• Combine tripe and lemon juice in a large bowl. Let sit, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer tripe and lemon juice to a large pot. Cover with 2 inches of water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse tripe.
• Return tripe to the pot. Cover with 2 quarts beef broth, adding water as needed. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cook until tender, about 2 hours.
• Stir remaining beef stock, cassava, potatoes, yams, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, tomato sauce, sofrito, and corn into the pot. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.

PUERTO RICAN BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt, and pepper together in a freezer-size plastic bag. Add beef and shake, coating evenly.
• Heat enough olive oil to cover the bottom of a large skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in sugar and cook until it turns golden, about 5 minutes. Add meat and cook until browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer browned beef to the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Stir carrots, potatoes, water, tomato sauce, wine, olives, sofrito, sazon, adobo seasoning, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into the slow cooker.
• Cover and cook until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, on High 4 to 6 hours, or Low for 8 to 10 hours.

EASY BACALAO - PUERTO RICAN FISH STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large high-sided skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add fish, tomatoes and their juices, chile pepper, cilantro, olives, capers, oregano and salt; stir to combine. Add up to 1/2 cup water if the mixture seems dry. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Serve warm or at room temperature, garnished with avocado if desired.