Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, beef kare-kare. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Beef Kare-Kare is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Beef Kare-Kare is something that I have loved my entire life.
Beef Kare-Kare is a version of kare-kare or peanut stew that makes use of beef chuck, instead of the traditional oxtail. It is as good as our other versions of kare kare. It was perfect with some spicy shrimp paste.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook beef kare-kare using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Beef Kare-Kare:
- Get kilo beef cut into cubes
- Get Bok Choy (Chinese cabbage) cut
- Prepare yardlong beans cut into 2 inch long
- Get eggplants sliced/cut
- Prepare water
- Get ground peanuts or 5 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- Get fish sauce
- Get cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons warm water
- Take medium sized onion diced
- Take garlic minced
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Make ready Cooking oil
- Make ready Shrimp paste/bagoong
- Get Optional: 3 tbs annatto seeds soaked in a cup of water for colour
Kare-kare is a Filipino dish originated from the culinary capital of the Philippines, Pampanga. It is made with fork tender meat and vegetables swimming in a vibrant orange colored peanut sauce. This was a sumptuous pot - adding many parts of the beef, including the marrow, tendon and tripe with mixed vegetable (greens, beans, egg plant and banana flower). A unique savory beef stew with peanut butter sauce.
Instructions to make Beef Kare-Kare:
- Saute garlic and onion in oil until garlic is light golden brown and onion is translucent. Set aside.
- Using the same pan earlier, cook beef for about 30-45 minutes or until tender. Push beef to the side of the pan and add sliced eggplants. Fry for about 5 minutes.
- Add cooked garlic and onion, pour in 3 cups water (if using annatto seeds, replace 1 cup of water used to doak seeds in) and dissolved cornstarch and bring to a boil. Add ground peanuts/peanut butter, fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for about 10-15 minutes until sauce thickens.
- Add yardlong beans and bok choy/pechay and simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Note: Some prefer to blanch their veggies in hot water to cook separately from the meat and sauce to retain crispiness of vegetables.
- Serve over steamed rice and a little bit of bagoong/shrimp paste on the side.
Images of the sautéed shrimp paste (bagoong), banana blossom flower and 'astuete' seeds are included in the Recipe Introduction. This Filipino Kare-Kare Recipe is a meat and vegetable stew with oxtail, beef or tripe, eggplant, banana buds, pechay, string beans, and other vegetables that mainly flavored with a sweet and savory peanut sauce. Kare-Kare is a well- known dish from Pampanga aptly hailed as the Culinary Capital of the Philippines. Its name derived from the word "Kari" from the word "curry". Kare-kare is a peanut-based beef stew and a Filipino favorite.
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