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Recipes with tasajo (salt-cured beef)

Explore tasajo (salt-cured beef) in our recipes and cocktails, with quantities, timings and step-by-step instructions.

7 recipes

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Shredded tasajo with partially ripe plantain and onion served on a plate.

Tasajo Reburujado with Partially Ripe Plantain

Desalted, cooked and shredded tasajo mixed in a skillet with partially ripe plantain, garlic and onion. An adaptation of the Cuban recipe from 1925.

26 h 50 minMedium

Okra with shredded tasajo, pieces of pork, and yam balls with sesame.

Creole Okra with Tasajo and Yam Balls

Creole okra stew with tasajo, pork, and yam balls, scented with toasted sesame. A home adaptation inspired by a 1925 cookbook.

2 hMedium

Feijoada with black beans, ribs, tasajo and chorizo, accompanied by white rice, farofa, maduros and orange.

Brazilian Feijoada Cuban Style with Ribs, Tasajo and Chorizo

Fusion feijoada: black beans with pork ribs, tasajo and chorizo, served with white rice, cassava farofa with chicharrón, fried ripe plantains and orange.

3 h 45 minMedium

Ajiaco criollo

Ajiaco criollo with hen, beef, tasajo and smoked pork, slow-cooked with corn, malanga, yam, sweet potato and pumpkin. A Cuban classic.

2 hMedium

Tasajo Empanadas

Fried empanadas made with homemade dough and dry wine, filled with tasajo picadillo. Golden, crispy, and full of the flavor of Cuban cuisine.

1 h 50 minMedium

Tasajo with Sweet Potato

Desalted and shredded tasajo in tomato sauce and dry wine, served with boiled sweet potato. A Cuban countryside classic.

2 hMedium

Criollo Ajiaco with Corn Dumplings

Cuban criollo ajiaco with tasajo, hen, pork and Island root vegetables, with tender corn dumplings. A hearty and very traditional broth.

3 hMedium