caldo de res recipe wanted

[Meat Hunter]

When I lived in El Paso, we would hit these little hole in the wall Mexican restaurants for lunch. They had the best caldo de res and would like to make some myself. Anyone here have a good recipe that they make and would like to share? Also, a recipe for caldo de pescado, that was a treat as it was usually served on Fridays.

[curious aardvark]

Just in case anyone else didn't have the first idea what he was talking about
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Caldo-d...up/Detail.aspx

IT's beef soup - apparently

[Bassman]

Well there ya go, Todd! Alex got your back on this one. That recipe has rated 5 stars so it must be good.

[Meat Hunter]

I gotta give chefrob a pm if he doesn't see this post, I'm sure he has a family recipe. Or Koyote, I think he lives down by my old stomping ground.

[chefrob]

there really isn't a recipe per se, we just make it......remember to keep it rustic and simple.
beef short ribs (for you high falutin' city folk)
beef shank (for the rest of us)
corn on cob 2-3 inch pieces
potato cut into 1/2 or 1/4ths..no smaller
celery 2'' lengths
carrots same as celery
zucchini....same as carots
canned tomato (whole)
beef broth if you ain't getto like us
water iffin' ya are getto like us

brown beef, cover with water or broth, bring to a boil and simmer for 20 min.
add the rest of veggies and more water to cover plus and inch or two and cook until meat is tender and veggies are done......

notes:
crush tomato "con las manos"
add one bunch of scallion and cillantro
just a TOUCH of MEXICAN oregano
serve with un bollio y limon...........

[Meat Hunter]

Thanks there Rob. You know we left the desert of el paso several years ago, (military brought me there). Don't miss the desert much, but man do I miss the food. Especially from those little sidewalk vendors. A little Caldo with some Tripas, oh man, them were some good eats.

[Kyote]

there really isn't a recipe per se, we just make it......remember to keep it rustic and simple.
beef short ribs (for you high falutin' city folk)
beef shank (for the rest of us)
corn on cob 2-3 inch pieces
potato cut into 1/2 or 1/4ths..no smaller
celery 2'' lengths
carrots same as celery
zucchini....same as carots
canned tomato (whole)
beef broth if you ain't getto like us
water iffin' ya are getto like us

brown beef, cover with water or broth, bring to a boil and simmer for 20 min.
add the rest of veggies and more water to cover plus and inch or two and cook until meat is tender and veggies are done......

notes:
crush tomato "con las manos"
add one bunch of scallion and cillantro
just a TOUCH of MEXICAN oregano
serve with un bollio y limon...........

sounds pretty authentico, cept one thing is missin..rice on the side..

[chefrob]

never had it with rice.......

[chefrob]

A little Caldo with some Tripas, oh man, them were some good eats.

never could eat tripas.....tripe yes, tripas de leche, no frigginway!

[Meat Hunter]

never could eat tripas.....tripe yes, tripas de leche, no frigginway!

OMG, it don't get better than that. Fried up, on a small tortilla with some avacado and all that other stuff they put on them. Oh man, I'm this close to buying a plane ticket just to get some LOL.

[chefrob]

i remember being in the park kickin' it messican style with my uncles tending to the grill covered with foil to capture all the natural grease to fry then up crispy and a huge stack of fresh tortillas made by my nana and some hot as shit salsa and when they were done all hell broke loose!

[Dionysus]

A little Caldo with some Tripas, oh man, them were some good eats.

I looked this up .... man that's just nasty