Dinner for 4

Beef Mechado

Name: Beef Mechado
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hawaiian and Pacific
Ingredients: 3 cloves garlic; 1 sliced onion; 2 lb beef; 8 oz tomato puree; 1 cup water; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 slice lemon; 1 large potatoes; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 2 bay leaves; to taste salt (optional)

Beef simmers with tomato puree, soy sauce, lemon, garlic, onion, and potatoes until tender and richly seasoned.

Typical price

$19.05for 4 servings

$4.76 per serving$19.05 for 4

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Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Photo: TheMealDB

50 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
4servings as written
$$$typical cost tier

Hawaiian and Pacific Dairy-free High-protein Family Dinners

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Garlic$0.75 each typical	0.25	$0.22Typical price
Onions$1.29/lb typical	0.4 lb	$0.52Typical price
Beef chuck roast or stew beef$6.99/lb typical	2 lb	$13.98Typical price
Canned tomatoes$0.08/oz typical	8 oz	$0.64Typical price
Lemons and limes$0.60 each typical	a little	$0.08Typical price
Potatoes$0.99/lb typical	0.55 lb	$0.54Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$19.05

Pantry staples you likely have

Olive and cooking oilSoy sauceSalt and pepperDried herbs, spices and seasoning blends

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic
1 sliced onion
2 lb beef
8 oz tomato puree
1 cup water
3 tbsp olive oil
1 slice lemon
1 large potatoes
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 bay leaves
to taste salt (optional)

Steps

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces, peel and cube the potato, and mince the garlic.
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat, then brown the beef for 6 minutes.
Add the onion and garlic, and cook for 3 minutes until softened.
Stir in the tomato puree, water, soy sauce, pepper, bay leaves, and lemon.
Add the potato, cover, and simmer for 25 minutes until tender and the beef reaches 145 F.

Swaps

Beef chuck roast or stew beef for Pork roast, shoulder or loinabout $4.50/lb less at typical prices
Potatoes for Sweet potatoesabout $0.30/lb more at typical prices
Onions for Red onionsabout $0.20/lb more at typical prices