Mrs T's Beef Mechado

• 2-3 lbs chuck roast
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 tbs Kikkoman® soy sauce (shoyu)
• lemon juice (optional)
• 1/2 Marca El Rey Chorizo or Chorizo de Bilbao
• 1 8 oz can Contadina® tomato sauce
• 8 oz water
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 dashes Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 dash black pepper
• 2 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1 carrot, peeled and quartered
• 4 tsp sugar

Marinate roast with the garlic and shoyu and lemon juice. Brown the roast and the chorizo in oil and add to baking dish. Combine tomato sauce, water, onion, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, pepper and add to baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours, turning meat over after 1 hour. Brown carrots and potatoes in oil and then add to baking dish with enough sugar to remove any tartness. Bake for 1 hour more or until meat and potatoes are tender.

Serve with pineapple.