Mechado - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. beef (lean)
4 big onions (whole)
1/2 c. vinegar
strips of pork fat
1 can tomato sauce (small)
6 potatoes, cut in half
1/2 laurel leaf
2 Tbsp. fat
1 tsp. pimientos
salt to taste

Preparation

Insert fat strips, lengthwise, in beef.
In a deep pot or pan place the meat, laurel, tomato sauce, vinegar, salt to taste and water to cover.
Cover and simmer until tender.
Add potatoes, onions and pimientos and continue cooking.
When most of the broth has evaporated and potatoes are cooked, add the fat and stir well. Serve meat, sliced crosswise.