Menudo. Inexpensive to make, and fully authentic, this menudo will have your Latin lovers swooning! This recipe uses a combination of chiles to deliver its trademark red color, and packs a mildly spicy punch. And it is really quite easy to make - my husband absolutely devoured it the first time I made it.

Menudo Menudo is a classic spicy Mexican dish that is made with tripe, veal bones, and hominy soup. It is traditionally prepared as a family and is served at communal gatherings. It's also touted to be a cure for hangovers and is often served on New Year's Day or after a night of revelry. You can have Menudo using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Menudo

Prepare 1 pc of medium sized carrots.
You need 1 pc of medium sized potato.
You need 1 pc of red bell pepper.
You need 1/2 kg of pork (pigue).
Prepare 1/4 kg of pork liver.
It's 2 pcs of dries laurel leaves.
You need 1 tbsp of pepper.
It's 1 tsp of salt.
You need 100 gms of tomato sauce.
It's 1 pc of onion.
It's 6 cloves of garlic.
You need 10 ml of soy sauce.

In Mexican cuisine, Menudo, also known as pancita ([little] gut or [little] stomach, from Spanish: Panza; "Gut/Stomach") or mole de panza ("stomach sauce"), is a traditional Mexican soup, made with cow's stomach in broth with a red chili pepper base. It shares a name with a stew from the Philippines made with pork and pork liver. Hominy, lime, onions, and oregano are used to season the broth. Menudo is a popular "caldo", or soup, in Mexico that includes as a main component beef tripe.

Menudo instructions

Prepare the ingredients cut the pork, carrot, potato and bell pepper into cubes. Mince 3 pcs of garlic and the onion then mix it with the salt, pepper, laurel leaves and the soy sauce..
Marinade the pork with the mixture and leave for 30mins to 1hr..
Mince then saute the 3 remaining garlic cloves. Then add the marinated pork. Saute for 10mins..
Add half cup of water then let it simmer until the meat becomes tender. (add water occasionally if the meat is not yet ready).
When the meat is tender add the diced carrot, potato and bell pepper then add the tomato sauce..
Let it simmer in low heat until the carrot and potato are ready. Serve with rice. Enjoy!.

If you don't know what that is, it is the meat from a cow's stomach. Now it might come as a shock to you, but it can actually be very delicious if you prepare it the right way, and that is my goal with this recipe today! Like in many cultures, Menudo's origins are rooted in the fact that offal was considered a garbage cut and was thus very cheap. This made it a good source of protein for the masses. Today, there are many regional variations, but most include tripe , which are the stomachs (yes they have more than one) of ruminant animals.