{"id":35114,"date":"2025-08-03T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/?p=35114"},"modified":"2025-08-31T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:46:46","slug":"carne-en-salsa-verde-or-mexican-beef-stew-in-green-salsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/es\/carne-en-salsa-verde-or-mexican-beef-stew-in-green-salsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Carne en Salsa Verde o Estofado de Res Mexicano en Salsa Verde: \u00a1F\u00e1cil!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carne en salsa verde is just what Vivi Abeja<\/a> craves on super-frio Chicago days. She stirs up a pot of this cozy beef, potato, calabaza and green salsa stew. It has so many benefits, she tells Familia Kitchen. She and her boyfriend love it. It\u2019s nutritious. It\u2019s comforting, reminding her of growing up in the Chicago Mexican-heritage neighborhood of Little Village<\/a>, with her mom and so many sisters, brothers, tios, tios, primos, and, of course: her abuela, who is her great kitchen inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food is home for Vivi, she says. \u201dCooking fills my soul.\u201d She especially loves making dishes steeped in her family Mexican comida traditions, like her grandmother\u2019s family recipes for Michoacan-style corundas and uchepos, which Vivi sold on the sidewalk in front of her grandmother\u2019s house in Little Village. From there, she won a scholarship to Food He.ro<\/a>, a local community-focused cooking school and now cooks at Bavette\u2019s Steakhouse and Bar<\/a> in the Chicago Loop. But she holds firm to her commitment to feed people she loves in the streets she grew up. That\u2019s why she regularly hosts Vivis_Table<\/a> Mexican-comida Instagram Live cook-a-longs and still sells food to her Little Village neighbors on weekends and days off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This traditional stew is the \u201dtype of food I make when I want to eat something that feels good and fulfilling and comforting. Carne con salsa verde is, for me, super nostalgic. It\u2019s super comforting,\u201d says Vivi. \u201dI\u2019m really trying to get back to my roots and cook things that remind me of home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another huge selling point for this dish? \u201dWe think these recipes are so hard,\u201d says Vivi. \u201dBut they\u2019re super simple.\u201d She ticks off the accessible main ingredients: beef, chiles, potatoes, zucchini. All cooked in one pan. That\u2019s it, she says. \u201dSimple, simple, simple.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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Vivi slices the sirloin, onion and poblano chiles into thin strips before cooking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Did she grow up eating this stew? \u201dThis is my most favorite meal that my mom would make when I was growing up,\u201d says Vivi. \u201dMy mom did not cook a lot, because you know: not everybody enjoys cooking. And she was always super busy. She worked so hard and was very tired. You know, mom life. So whenever she would make this, I just thought it was the best meal in the whole world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Eat Carne en Salsa Verde Stew<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of her favorite things about this carne en salsa verde is that it\u2019s so tortilla-sop-up-able, says Vivi. \u201cWhen my mom would make this, she would make it with frijoles on the side. And she would dip a fresh tortilla inside the pan, while there was still the cooking liquid in there. So the tortilla would soak up that liquid. Then she would pull out the tortilla and put it in a plate or a bowl and give it us, while she was still cooking the rest of it. We would just snack on it. Oh, that was my favorite!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Vivi adds Mexican calabaza to her Mom\u2019s family recipe for this carne and potatoes stew to give a healthier twist, she says.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Vivi also remembers this dish coming together quickly, which was another bonus for her mom. \u201dMy mother would pick up some carne, cook it in the same pan with the salsa, and it would just sit in the pan and soak in all those flavors. Oh, I just loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that she\u2019s the one making it, Vivi likes to add Mexican calabaza or zucchini to the meat and potatoes. \u201cI was wanting something a little lighter, a little healthier. And I love calabacitas. So I threw a few of those in there too. I cut them thick instead of the really thin slices that I would usually cut them because I knew that they were going to sit in the sauce. They just sit in the pan and soak in all those beautiful flavors. I just love it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t forget the corn tortillas, adds Vivi. Either freshly made<\/a> or store-bought is fine. Dipping yours into the bowl just might make this beef and green salsa stew one of your forever-favorite, soul-filling meals too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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