Flour tortillas are the devil.

Recipe By:
Alex Trejo, modified by Danny Lujan

“This is a traditional Mexican home recipe for beef soup (Caldo De Res).  My Grandma Mema used to make this for us when we were kids. Serve corn tortillas. ”

Ingredients
1 pound beef shank
2 potatoes, cubed
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
1/2 medium head cabbage, chopped
1 cup of rice
1/2 can of tomato sauce (Goya brand if you can find it, non salted generic can be substituted)
1 tsp of Knorr Tomato Chicken Granulated Bouillon
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

2 – 3 corn tortillas
Directions
In a large pot, heat water to boil. Add meat, reduce heat to simmer. Skim fat off of the water till clear. Combine the beef, tomato, potatoes, onion, carrots, cabbage, garlic, 5 teaspoons cilantro, salt and cumin. Stir well, cover and simmer for 2 hours. Fry rice, boil 2 cups of water in a medium to large pot, place fried rice in pot with 1/2 cup of tomato sauce and 1 tsp of bouillon. Cook rice till absorbed.
Remove lid, stir, and simmer for another hour with lid off. Serve hot over fried rice and with warm corn torillas