Cuban-Style Beef
Recipe from Pinch of Nom · original post · full recipe on pinchofnom.com
Cuban-Style Beef is a hearty, slimming-friendly meal, great if you're counting calories.
Ingredients
- stewing steak500 g
- beef stock cubes — made up with 240 ml boiling water2 ea
- canned chopped tomatoes400 g
- onions — sliced2 ea
- green peppers — deseeded and sliced into strips2 ea
- red peppers — deseeded and sliced into strips2 ea
- garlic cloves — crushed4 ea
- tomato purée2 tbsp
- ground cumin — 1 tsp2.5 g
- dried oregano — 1 tsp1 g
- ground turmeric — ½ tsp1.3 g
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegetarian
Cuban-Style Jackfruit
- 560 g young jackfruit instead of stewing steak
- 2 ea vegetable stock cube instead of beef stock cubes
- 1 ea vegetable stock pot instead of red wine stock pot
Skip browning the meat; drain and rinse the jackfruit and slow-cook it on high for about 3 hours, then pull it apart with two forks and reduce the sauce if needed.
Vegan
Cuban-Style Jackfruit
- 560 g young jackfruit instead of stewing steak
- 2 ea vegetable stock cube instead of beef stock cubes
- 1 ea vegetable stock pot instead of red wine stock pot
Skip browning the meat; drain and rinse the jackfruit and slow-cook it on high for about 3 hours, then pull it apart with two forks and reduce the sauce if needed.
Gluten-free
- 2 ea gluten-free beef stock cube instead of beef stock cubes
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury's· £7.25 of food
£15.47
53% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- stewing steak
- green peppers
- red wine stock pot
MorrisonsBest choice· £5.40 of food
£10.24
47% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- stewing steak
- beef stock cubes
- green peppers
- red wine stock pot
Tesco· £10.68 of food
£17.82
40% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- stewing steak
- red peppers
- garlic cloves
- dried oregano
- white wine vinegar
Aldi UK· £6.97 of food
£7.66
9% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- stewing steak
- garlic cloves
- tomato purée
- ground cumin
- dried oregano
- bay leaves
- red wine stock pot
Asda· £4.77 of food
£7.29
35% spare
No price at Asda for:
- stewing steak
- garlic cloves
- ground cumin
- dried oregano
- ground turmeric
- bay leaves
- fresh coriander
- red wine stock pot
£2.38a serve
from £2.38 a serve at Sainsbury's · 12 of 15 ingredients priced
About £9.53 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£11.97 across 5 shops · 14 of 15 items priced · £0.61 more for bigger packs, 57% spare for later
Sainsbury's£7.25
missing 3 items
you'll pay £15.47 · 53% of it spare
MorrisonsBest choice£5.40
missing 4 items
you'll pay £10.24 · 47% of it spare
Tesco£10.68
missing 5 items
you'll pay £17.82 · 40% of it spare
Aldi UK£6.97
missing 7 items
you'll pay £7.66 · 9% of it spare
Asda£4.77
missing 8 items
you'll pay £7.29 · 35% of it spare
Buy at Morrisons£4.73
red peppers
£0.70
need 2 itemsMorrisons Standardclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Morrisons£0.70·Aldi UK£0.70·Sainsbury's£0.70/ea£0.70·Asda£0.70/ea£0.70·TescoN/A·
OcadoN/A
garlic cloves
£0.87
need 4 itemsMorrisons Garlic Bulbs 4 Pack 4 per packclosest match
Morrisons£0.87·Sainsbury's£0.95/ea£0.95·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
ground cumin
£1.00
need 2.5 gIndus Cumin Powder Ground 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Sainsbury's£22.09/kg£0.95·Tesco£15.00/kg£1.50·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
ground turmeric
£1.00
need 1.3 gRajah Haldi Ground Turmeric 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UK£0.75·Sainsbury's£16.25/kg£1.95·Tesco£54.05/kg£2.00·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
white wine vinegar
£1.16
need 15 mlMorrisons White Wine Vinegar 350 ml
Morrisons£1.16·Asda£4.17/L£1.46·Aldi UK£1.65·Sainsbury's£4.70/L£2.35·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£1.97
tomato purée
£1.57/kg
need 2 tbspCirio Standard£2.50closest match
Sainsbury's£1.57/kg£2.50·Tesco£2.95/kg£0.59·Morrisons£0.59·Asda£3.50/kg£0.70·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
dried oregano
£79.16/kg
need 1 gSainsbury's Oregano 12 g£0.95real special
Sainsbury's£79.16/kg£0.95·Morrisons£1.09·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
bay leaves
£0.08/ea
need 2 itemsSainsbury's Standard 10 items£0.80closest match
Sainsbury's£0.08/ea£0.80·Tesco£333.33/kg£1.00·Morrisons£2.00·Aldi UKN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£2.22
canned chopped tomatoes
£0.43
need 400 gEveryday Essentials Chopped Tomatoes in Tomato Juice 0.4kgclosest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (size unknown)
Aldi UK£0.43·Asda£1.08/kg£0.43·Sainsbury's£1.13/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.45·Tesco£1.18/kg£0.47·OcadoN/A
green peppers
£0.65/ea
need 2 itemsSpecially Selected Sweet Pointed Peppers 2 each 2 items£1.29closest match
Aldi UK£0.65/ea£1.29·Asda£0.70/ea£0.70·Tesco£3.59/ea£3.59·Sainsbury'sN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
fresh coriander
£16.67/kg
need 7.5 gReady, Set…cook! British Cut Coriander 30 g£0.50
Aldi UK£16.67/kg£0.50·Sainsbury's£18.33/kg£0.55·Morrisons£0.60·Tesco£36.00/kg£1.80·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£2.45
beef stock cubes
£10.00/kg
need 2 itemsTesco Standard 10 items£1.00closest match
Tesco£10.00/kg£1.00·Aldi UK£0.69·Sainsbury's£11.00/kg£1.10·Asda£18.75/kg£1.50·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
red wine stock pot
£12.95/kg
need 1 itemTesco Standard 4 items£1.45
Tesco£12.95/kg£1.45·Sainsbury's£12.02/kg£1.25·Asda£18.75/kg£1.50·Aldi UKN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Asda£0.60
onions
£3.00/kg
need 2 itemsAsda Chopped Onion 200g£0.60closest match 1 pack assumed, quantity unknown (sold by weight)
Asda£3.00/kg£0.60·Aldi UK£0.32/ea£0.95·Sainsbury's£0.32/ea£0.95·Morrisons£0.95·Tesco£0.33/ea£1.00·OcadoN/A
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- stewing steak · 500 g