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Indio Viejo

Name: Indio Viejo
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Nicaragua
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 4 Corn Tortillas; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 100ml Orange juice; 2 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 tsp Achiote paste; 1 handful Mint Leaves; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 1L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beef and corn dough stewed with orange and mint — a Nicaraguan dish handed down from Indigenous times.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Indio viejo, 'old Indian,' is a traditional Nicaraguan dish: shredded beef is fried with tomato, onion, and green pepper, thickened with corn tortillas or dough dissolved in broth, and finished with sour orange and mint. There are various theories about the name, and it's said to date from before the Spanish arrived.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in a Nicaraguan home, thick orange beef stew is served in bowls with mint leaves and fried banana.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 400g
Corn Tortillas 4
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Orange juice 100ml
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Achiote paste 1 tsp
Mint Leaves 1 handful
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 1L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the beef in salted water for 1 hour and shred finely (reserve the cooking liquid).
Tear the tortillas, soak in 500ml cooking liquid, and blend smooth.
Heat oil in a pot, sauté the onion, garlic, green pepper, and tomato, and add the achiote.
Add the beef and tortilla mixture and simmer 15 minutes, stirring, until thick.
Add the orange juice, lemon juice, and mint and turn off the heat.

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