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Portuguese Beef - Cacoila

SUBMITTED BY: John J. Pacheco PHOTO BY: Allrecipes

"This is marinated beef, Portuguese style. As a variation to cooking, I place all ingredients in a slow cooker on high, stirring often, and cook for about 3 hours, until meat shreds itself."

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PREP TIME	30 Min
COOK TIME	1 Hr
READY IN	14 Hrs

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
3 oranges, juiced
1/4 cup white wine
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 bay leaves
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
salt and ground black pepper to taste

What to Drink?
	Tempranillo

DIRECTIONS

Rinse beef, and place in large bowl. Pour in orange juice, wine, oil and pepper sauce. Season with bay leaves, garlic, paprika, allspice, salt and pepper. Mix, to coat beef. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook beef and marinade until beef shreds easily, about 1 hour. Add water as needed.

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REVIEWS

Reviewed on dec. 5, 2003 by marywitky

I'm Portuguese and was so happy to see this recipe. It reminded me of home. It was delicous.... MORE

Reviewed on jul. 29, 2003 by CARREIRO

I made this recipe to break in my slow cooker. Awesome. MORE

Reviewed on jan. 25, 2004 by Hot Chilli

This dish had an interesting flavour (garlic/peppery/orange) and the meat turned out tender... MORE

Reviewed on jan. 29, 2003 by SUTHUN

The meat was very tender. Unfortunately, even though I followed the recipe exactly, there was... MORE

Reviewed on may 25, 2009 by MRSLUCKYSTONE

My husband & I both enjoyed this very much. I followed the recipe except for using commercial... MORE

Reviewed on dec. 16, 2008 by L Kerwin

I grew uo in New Bedford and I always had cacoila made with pork. I tried this recipe and it... MORE

Reviewed on nov. 9, 2008 by HeatherA

This recipe is not bad, it is pretty much how you make cacoila. I'm portuguese and the only... MORE

Reviewed on aug. 10, 2007 by BARNKITTY

This was good. Used 1C of orange juice and about a 1/2t of orange peel for marinade. Added... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 20, 2006 by x_andy_x

The taste was perfect! Just spicy enough, with the sugar from the orange juice!! :D~~ We even... MORE

Reviewed on feb. 2, 2009 by MommaBird+3

I so desperately wanted this to be delicious, but it was so bland. MORE

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