Reviewed: Jul. 15, 2007

Soooo good. I've made this on the stove and in the crockpot and it tastes great both ways. I added some green pepper, onions, and fresh parsley. This recipe is definitely a regular in my house.

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Heather Rose

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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2007

This is my favorite beef stew recipe with the addition of 1/2 cup white wine with the other liquids. I serve it over rice cooked with red beans.

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ByMarce

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Home Town: Lima, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2007

This was just what I was looking for! A friend of mine recently made this for me and I loved it so much but she did not want to reveal the recipe when I asked for it! I knew I could count on allrecipes to find something. I made this as written but also added about 4oz. manzanilla olives and 7oz. pigeon peas, which my friend also included in her guisada - sounds like an odd combination (which I also thought at first) but it tastes great. Although I don't mind salty dishes, this was a little too much on the salty side so next time will use tomato sauce without salt added, as someone else suggested. Thanks!

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FOODGU1

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Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2007

My family & I love this recipe. Easy to make. We love sofrito, so I add more than what is listed.

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Reviewed: May 26, 2007

I have had this dish with Spanish friends. I followed this recipe and it was outstanding. I cooked it in the slow cooker like other reviewers - also used Crockpot Liners from Reynolds - easy clean up. I accidentally bought Recaito Seasoning from Goya (thinking it was Sazon). But it worked just as well. I also pureed some Italian pepper, green pepper & red pepper to kick up the heat a little. Fivebrigs, please add more recipes!

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2007

This was really good. I made it in the crock pot and cooked it on low for 6 hours. I also made white rice to go with it. YUM!

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2007

Great recipe! Simple to make, did take others advice and reduced the salt (adobo & sazon) by half. Cooked in the slow cooker on high for six hours, added potatoes last hour of cooking.

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miasmomma

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Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2007

I found that reducing the adobo and salt was very helpful like others suggested. My boyfried and I loved this dish! I added onion and bellpepper and served over rice w/ flour tortillas.

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kelli

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Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2007

i love carne guisada and this is the best i've ever tasted. i live in brownsville, texas - very close to the mexican border and so there's many authentic mexican restaurants around here. to be honest with ya'll this recipe is more delicious than the carne guisada here in town. i took the advise of the other reviewers - i didn't use salt at all since the other ingredients have plenty of salt in it. Also I boiled the meat for 30-45 min and it came out great and tender. my hubby and friend really really love this recipe. i served it with spanish rice, re-fried beans, and guacamole. it was GREAT!!

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Sheila Badeaux

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2007

I have been making carne guisada forever but it is never consistent. This recipe uses the same ingredients that I use except that now I know how much or how little or something I need to put. As for the other ratings I agree that salt is not neccessary. I am originally puerto rican and cook puerto rican food almost everyday and I never use salt. This is a great recipe and I hope to see more like this on allrecipes.com.

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TWIGGY01

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2007

This was really good. A little too salty for me but my husband devoured it! Next time I'll decrease the sazon which is very salty.

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Mamarua

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Reviewed: Jan. 13, 2007

Oh this was just like my grandmother made me when I was little. The whole house smelled like it. Great recipe! Meat was very tender too and great flavor.

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MarisLatinTwist

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2006

this was an awesome recipe, i used an extra 4oz of tomato sauce and no extra salt as recommended and it was perfect, following this recipe made enough for 4 women with healthy appetites and a guy with a healthier one!

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2006

I made this in a slow cooker using the sofrito (also by fivebrig's), and homemade adobo seasoning. I let this cook about 6-7 hours, adding the potatoes the last hour. I used a chuck roast. This was wonderful with habichuelas guisadas and steamed calrose rice. Leftovers are going to be wonderful with some flour tortillas! I can't say thank you enough for sharing this! :)

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2006

This was a great recipe - my husband considers himself an expert on Carne Guisada. He did suggest the next time I make it to add some jalapeno, onion and a small amount of bell pepper. Overall, this is a great dish, but I have to agree with him, it does need just a little "boost" in the flavor department. This was very simple to throw together the night before ( I put everything in a ziplock bag so that the flavors could blend overnight).

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Jayren's Grammy

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Reviewed: Oct. 18, 2006

i love this dish and so does by puerto rican man only one thing i changed which gave me more flavor is instead of 1 cup of water i added beef broth gives a nice taste this dish get A+

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Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2006

Made my own sofrito sauce from recipe on this site and used my own versions of sazon seasoning and adobo. Other than that, followed the directions as written and it turned out great. We enjoyed it as a stew, shredding the meat to soak up more of the sauce. Then I used the leftover meat later in flour tortillas, topping with a homemade green chili pork sauce to change the entire meal into one with more of a Mexican flavor. It was delicious this way, too. Great recipe.

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AUBYRD

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Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2006

INCREDIBLE! As others suggested, I left out the salt, and I also used a bit more sofrito than the recipe called for... Wow, the final result was absolutely delicious!

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