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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Argentine

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Add the beef, onion and salt to a large pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until meat is very tender. Remove the meat and reserve the stock for soup or other recipes. Shred the meat with your fingers when it is cool enough to handle. | 2. Add the olive oil, vinegar, oregano, salt and pepper to a large bowl and whisk together. Add the tomatoes, sliced onion and chiles and toss together. Set a side for a few minutes to let the vegetables marinate. | 3. Gently toss the shredded beef and avocados with the marinated vegetables and adjust seasoning. Spread on a serving platter and serve chilled or at room temperature with warm tortillas. | 4. VARIATIONS: | 5. Salpicón can also be made with chicken (salpicón de pollo), seafood (salpicón de mariscos) or tuna (salpicón de atún). | 6. Other possible additions: chopped lettuce, chopped cucumbers, olives, pickled jalapeños. | 7. Garnish with lime wedges, cilantro and crumbled queso fresco if you like. | 8. Substitute sour orange juice or lime juice for the vinegar for a more tropical flavor. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef steak	2 - 2 1/2	lbs		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
olive oil	1/3	cup		636.48	0.0	0.0	72.0
vinegar	1/4	cup		12.5475	0.5557	0.0	0.0
oregano	1 -2	teaspoon	dried	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
tomato	3		seeded chopped	120.6297	26.0694	5.8975	1.3403
onion	1		sliced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
serrano chilies	3		chopped minced	-	-	-	-
avocado	2		chopped	-	-	-	-
lime wedge				-	-	-	-
lettuce leaf				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.