North American Beef & Lamb Recipes
A tour of North America through beef & lamb: 24 authentic dishes, each tied to a real country and region, each with its cultural story and dietary swaps built in.
24 recipes
PoutineQuébec, Canada · easy · 1 h 25 minHot fries, squeaky cheese curds, and glossy pepper gravy, rural Québec’s gift to late nights everywhere.
Poutine Ropa ViejaHavana, Cuba · medium · 2 h 50 minBeef braised and shredded into a rich tomato-pepper sofrito, Cuba’s national dish, named "old clothes."
Ropa Vieja Texas Chili con CarneTexas, United States · medium · 2 h 55 minChunks of beef braised in a pure dried-chile sauce, no beans, no tomato, no apologies. Thickened with masa.
Texas Chili con Carne BirriaJalisco, Mexico · medium · 5 h 30 minJalisco’s chile-marinated slow braise, served as a rich consomé with tortillas, or griddled into dripping quesabirria tacos.
Birria Philly CheesesteakPennsylvania (Philadelphia), United States · easy · 30 minThin-shaved ribeye and melted cheese piled into a soft hoagie roll, Philadelphia's greatest sandwich.
Fungee and PepperpotSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda · medium · 1 h 25 minAntigua's national dish: cornmeal fungee dumpling served with a thick stewed pepperpot of greens and meat.
Fungee and Pepperpot VahoManagua, Nicaragua · medium · 4 h 30 minA steamed Nicaraguan feast of marinated beef, green and ripe plantains, and yuca layered in banana leaves.
Vaho Tlayuda OaxaqueñaOaxaca, Mexico · medium · 40 minA large crisp corn tortilla spread with beans and stringy Oaxaca cheese, folded over grilled meat and salsa.
Jamaican Beef PattyKingston (Surrey), Jamaica · medium · 1 h 10 minA golden turmeric-tinted pastry turnover filled with spiced, peppery ground beef, Jamaica's handheld lunch.
Jamaican Beef Patty Soup JoumouOuest (Port-au-Prince), Haiti · medium · 2 hA golden squash soup with beef, pasta, and root vegetables, Haiti's soup of freedom, eaten every New Year's Day.
Soup Joumou Indio ViejoManagua, Nicaragua · medium · 1 h 10 minShredded beef and vegetables thickened with toasted masa into a rich, sour-orange-scented stew, a Nicaraguan classic.
Montreal Smoked Meat SandwichQuébec, Canada · easy · 30 minHand-carved, spice-cured smoked beef brisket steamed until tender and piled high on rye with a swipe of yellow mustard.
Dominica BouyonRoseau, Dominica · medium · 1 h 30 minA thick one-pot of ground provisions, dumplings, dasheen leaves, and salt beef simmered with coconut and Caribbean herbs.
Dominica Bouyon Pâté ChinoisQuébec, Canada · easy · 1 h 5 minQuébec's beloved layered casserole: seasoned ground beef under a layer of creamed corn and a blanket of buttery mashed potato, baked golden.
Olla de CarneSan José, Costa Rica · medium · 3 hCosta Rica's weekend pot of meat: beef simmered with a rainbow of root vegetables, corn, chayote, and plantain into a rich, nourishing broth, served with rice.
Olla de Carne GuiamboWillemstad, Curaçao · medium · 9 h 15 minCuraçao's okra soup: a thick, green Antillean gumbo of okra cooked down with salt beef, fish, and shrimp, served with a scoop of funchi.
Guiambo Sancocho DominicanoCibao, Dominican Republic · advanced · 3 h 15 minThe Dominican Republic's legendary celebration stew: several meats simmered for hours with yuca, yautía, plantain, and pumpkin into a thick broth, served with rice and avocado.
Sancocho Dominicano Sopa de PataSan Salvador, El Salvador · advanced · 3 h 30 minA hearty Salvadoran cow's-foot and tripe soup, tinted red with annatto and loaded with yuca, chayote, corn, and cabbage, finished with lime and cilantro.
Sopa de Pata LegimOuest (Port-au-Prince), Haiti · medium · 2 hA thick Haitian vegetable stew of eggplant, cabbage, chayote, and greens cooked down with epis-marinated beef and mashed into a rich, savoury sauce.
Enchiladas HondureñasSan Pedro Sula, Honduras · easy · 50 minNot the Mexican kind: a crisp fried flat corn tortilla piled with seasoned ground beef, cabbage, tomato sauce, cheese, and a slice of boiled egg.
Enchiladas Hondureñas Ropa Vieja PanameñaPanama City, Panama · medium · 2 h 55 minPanama's shredded beef: flank steak simmered tender then stewed in a sofrito of tomato, peppers, and onion with olives, capers, and culantro, served over rice.
Ropa Vieja Panameña Quipes (Dominican Bulgur and Beef Fritters)Cibao, Dominican Republic · medium · 7 h 15 minTorpedo-shaped shells of soaked bulgur kneaded with seasoned ground beef, stuffed with a saucy beef and raisin picadillo and fried crisp, a fixture of every Dominican picadera.
Carimañolas (Panamanian Beef-Stuffed Yuca Fritters)Panama City, Panama · medium · 1 h 30 minTorpedoes of soft mashed yuca dough wrapped round a savory filling of ground beef cooked with onion, garlic, sweet pepper and tomato, deep-fried until crisp and golden.
Alcapurrias (Puerto Rican Stuffed Fritters)San Juan, Puerto Rico · advanced · 4 h 40 minA golden, achiote-tinted masa of grated green banana and yautía wrapped round a savory beef picadillo with olives and deep-fried until crisp outside and soft within.
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