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Dominican Style Tripe Stew (Mondongo) – A warm comforting stew made with beef tripe, onion, garlic, peppers, carrots, potatoes, tomato sauce, and cilantro.
This post is part of a sponsored collaboration with Rumba Meats and #WeAllGrow Latina Network.
The holidays for me are all about food. Sharing food to be exact. I love cooking big meals to share with family and friends and most often than not those meals include the dishes that I grew up with back in the Dominican Republic.
This dish I’m sharing today is one that my grandmother used to make to share with the vecinos (neighbors) on the days they came over to celebrate and sing villancincos de navidad (Christmas Carols).
During the week leading up to Christmas, it is a Dominican tradition for family and friends to get together to celebrate the holidays with music and plenty of food. Everyone would bring a dish or drink potluck style and there was always that one cousin who would show up with a guira and tambora to help make the singing and dancing even more festive.
I set out to cook this dish for my husband for the first time ever because he loves it. I was absolutely impressed about how much the smell of it cooking reminded me of my abuela. It really made a bit nostalgic and homesick.
Thanks to Rumba Meats, my abuela’s Mondongo recipe turned out perfect! Rumba Meats gives you the fresh, high-quality traditional variety meats to share your pasión y vitalidad with the amigos y familia who bring your worlds together. Its products are vacuum-sealed for added freshness. By vacuum-sealing all cuts of Rumba Meats, its products stay fresher longer in your refrigerator (28 days for most products; 25 for hind shank) until you’re ready to use them.
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In the spirit of the season, Rumba Meats sent me piñatas and gift cards to spread the joy and share with family and friends. ¡Gracias Rumba Meats!
INGREDIENTS
- 2 ½ pounds Rumba Meats honeycomb tripe
- Juice of 2 limes plus more for serving
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small onion cubed
- 5 cloves of garlic minced
- ½ medium bell pepper cubed
- ⅓ cup tomato sauce
- 1 oz pack sazon with culantro and achiote
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 carrot sliced
- 1 medium potato cubed
- 5 cups of water
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh scallion sliced
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a large pot over medium heat, boil the tripe covered with water, lime juice, salt and pepper until tender, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Remove tripe from the pot and cut into cubes.
- In a large pot, heat the oil and add onion and garlic. Let cook until onion cooks through and become translucent. Add the pepper, tomato sauce, sazon and crushed red pepper. Stir to combine and let cook for about 1 minute.
- Add carrots, potato, and tripe. Stir once more and let cook for about 1 minute.
- Add water and stir. Cover and let cook for about 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until carrots and potatoes become tender.
- Add cilantro and scallions. Season with salt to taste.
- Serve warm with white rice, hot sauce, and lime on the side.
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Malikah Williams
We loved it!! I just added chicken bouillons and plum tomatoes I didn’t have past. Thank you!!
Monica Chic
Hola, nunca probé el mondongo dominicano, pero la presentación del plato se ve realmente deliciosa así que deseando estoy gracias por compartir recetas tan ricas
Vanessa
Es delicioso! Este es uno de los platos favoritos del Dominicano. Tratalo!
Zol
Se ve muy rica esta receta y me has hecho pensar mucho en mi abuela, era un plato tipoco para los almuerzos en familia los domingos, aunque la receta es un poquitin diferente de la receta del mondongo colombiano.
Vanessa
Que lindo! La nostagia que nos crean estos platos tipicos. Gracias por tu comentario.
Melba
Hola Vanessa, me encanta el mondongo. Hoy justamente almorcé con uno, pero a la venezolana. El tuyo tiene una pinta fabulosa. Me guardo tu receta para hacerla la próxima vez. Saludos desde Venezuela
Vanessa
Saludos Melba! Me encanta ver como la comida de nuestros paises Latinoamericanos y caribeños tienen mucho en común pero a la vez son diferentes. 🙂 Me cuentas si te gusta la receta.
Veronica
Vane, you won’t believe me… I never eat tripe before. But this mondongo dominicano made me think twice. Se ve delicioso.
Vanessa
Vero! I know how you feel, but this Mondongo will win you over. Trust me!
Rory Lassanske
I love, love mondongo. I have to try your recipe de mondongo dominicano! My mom and abuela make pretty good tripe stew.
Vanessa
Si! Try our delicious Dominican Mondongo. It’s so good!
Enriqueta E Lemoine
I have nevr had mondongo and I have to admit your looks delish!
Vanessa
It’s really good Enriqueta. Give it a try.
Blanca
This mondongo looks like something I would eat on a Sunday morning. Looks delicious!
Vanessa
Yup! Very comforting dish. You’d love it.
Angelo Taveras
Como buen dominicano que soy; se me ha hecho agua la boca viendo este mondongo dominicano. Que color y que delicioso se ve. Me gusta con arroz, tostones y aguacate 😍
Vanessa
Asi es como se acompaña un buen mondongo. 🙂
Billy
Hi, this recipe is almost identical to a version I had in Moca, RD. They did not use much Goya products they were expensive. They used quite a bit of oregano in the water to boil the tripe along with sour orange juice. They made it using Baldom Sazon Completo Liquido, which to me, is better tasting than the Goya. Also Naranja agrio, or sour oranges adds a nice flavor. Most Dominicans I met hated hot stuff, like hot chili peppers but for Mondongo and Carne de Chivo they always used a bottle of hot sauce and limes to serve it with. You don’t see pepper on any tables outside of fancy restaurants. I ate this every weekend for 3 years straight while I lived there….it was my hangover cure, their rum is cheap and tastes great!