Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja with Cuban Style Rice

Ingredients

• Onions

  Raw

  1 ¼ cup, chopped or 200g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  1 ½ medium or 179g

• Beef chuck

  Arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw

  32 oz or 907g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 tbsp, whole or 6g

• Thyme

  Fresh

  1 tbsp or 2g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  1 tsp, ground or 2g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  ¾ cup or 184g

• Diced Tomatoes

  Canned - Del Monte

  1 ¾ cup or 441g

• Capers

  Canned

  3 tbsp, drained or 27g

• Bay leaf

  Dried

  1 tsp, crumbled or 0.6g

• Cauliflower

  Raw

  1 head small or 265g

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  3 strip or 36g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  ½ cup or 123g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  2 tsp, ground or 6g

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  1 tsp or 3g

• Onion powder

  Spices

  1 tsp or 2g

Directions

1. Add the onions and peppers to the bottom of a slow cooker. Top with the chuck roast.
2. Cut 4 deep slices into the chuck roast and push the garlic cloves into the slices.
3. In a small bowl, combine the cumin, thyme, oregano, salt, and pepper.
4. Sprinkle the spice mixture over the roast. Pour the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, capers, and bay leaf into the slow cooker.
5. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 5-7 hours.
6. While the ropa vieja is cooking, prepare the cauliflower rice. Remove the core from the cauliflower and cut it into florets.
7. Add the cauliflower florets to a food processor fitted with the shredding attachment. Pulse until the cauliflower resembles rice.
8. Add the chopped bacon to a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until browned and almost cooked through.
9. Add the cauliflower rice, tomato sauce, cumin, garlic powder, and onion powder to the saucepan. Mix thoroughly, cover, and cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
10. Once the ropa vieja is done cooking, use a couple of forks to shred the beef in the slow cooker.
11. Serve the ropa vieja on top of the cauliflower rice. Enjoy!