Ropa vieja in Carolina red rice from Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen (page 68) by Edward Lee

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    Can substitute long-grain rice for Carolina rice.

  • cameron_9ui0sv on May 28, 2026

    I thought mixing the rice and ropa vieja sounded weird so I put the ropa on top. Both components of this dish were good, but I think there are much better ropa recipes out there.

  • ccav on April 08, 2014

    Made without the jalapeno. Cooked this in the slow cooker on high for 1 hour then low for another 6. Beef pulled apart easily after that. I added a little double-concentrated tomato paste at the end. Used some of the liquid from this and cooked Carolina long-grain jasmine rice in it (without adding tomatoes as called for) and it worked really well.

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