Pinoy Food 201

Rustic beef stew Thanks to my friend Joyce, I learnt to make a hearty and rustic beef stew. Joyce is a very good cook and she selflessly imparted her secret beef stew recipe to me (well, not a secret anymore since I’m sharing her recipe here, with her permission hehe). I have an inability to follow recipes to a T, so this recipe came with my own adjustments (browning the meat first, adding worchester sauce, peas, thyme & beef broth) but overall it is built around her original recipe. I think dishes such as beef stew or whole roast chicken make a cook look very clever, though they are actually quite easy to prepare. Thus, it is great for entertaining or during festive (such as Christmas) dinners & parties – you’ll impress your folks while feeding a lot at the same time. Beef stew is usually enjoyed by those staying in colder regions, but in tropical Singapore, I’m determined not to be deprived of this delicious dish. Perhaps December is the best month to enjoy this stew with our...

Delicious anytime!!! Serve with sticky rice for a hearty meal! 2 lbs beef stew meat 1 cup water 1/2 cup Japanese sake (dry white wine) 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 lb baby carrots 3 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped 1 white onion, diced Put all ingredients into a crockpot and cook on low 10-12 hours or on high 4-6 hours. Stir before serving. Source: http://www.divinerecipes.com/recipe.cfm/recipeid/9143/crockpot-recipes/Japanese-Beef-Stew [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

How to make Bulalo (Beef Stew, Filipino style.) The vegetables in this soup can be substituted. You can add or omit the following, but I think the corn gives it a nice refreshing sweetness. Other alternatives for veggies can be potatoes and carrots. Ingredients: Beef shank, with bone intact. (Like bone marrow, you know?!) -- I used about a kilo of meat. 10 peppercorns. 2 med onions, chopped. 2 cloves of garlic. 6 cups of WATERRR. Salt. Corn, either fresh from the cob or corn from the can. We need the KERNELS. Chinese cabbage, chopped. Asparagus (optional, totally.) Green onions, cut. Fish sauce. Very easy, very simple, very comforting for a cold winter day. Add the beef shank, peppercorns, onions and garlic with the 6 cups of WATERRR. Put in a pressure cooker for 45 minutes or until the meat is TENDER. If you're not using a pressure cooker, boil then simmer until the beef is fork tender. Remove any scum that surfaces. :D You can choose to strain the onions and peppercorns if you wi...

This dish is inspired by the way of life here in the U.S. Most of us have busy schedules and very little time to cook a quality meal for our family. Although this does take a while to cook there is very little preparation time and you can basically throw everything in a pot and let it cook while you do things around the house. It is a perfect candidate for my wife and I to take to work for our lunch. As you see in the picture nothing is rocket science here. All the ingredients are in cans with the exception of one large onion. Ingredients: 2 Lbs. Lean beef pot roast cut in 2 in. cubes 1 Can of cut green beans 1 Can of mushrooms 1 Large onion diced 5 Cans of beef broth 1 Packet of beef stew mix (McCormick) ½ Cup of water Salt & Pepper to taste Directions: In a large casserole dish add beef, onions, and 4 cups of beef broth and bring it to boil. Then lower the heat to medium low and let it simmer for 3 hours or until beef is very tender. Add the remaining can of beef broth if needed...

I have never made a Pinoy style kaldereta (baka or kambing/beef or goat) before. And I wasn’t totally thrilled with the outcome of this recipe, say a 7.5/10.0 so I haven’t added the “a la Marketman” to it yet. It’s been almost a year since I made a fairly decent beef mechado, if a shortcut version, without the actual strip of fat inserted into the beef, post here. And the comments on that post tried to differentiate between a kaldereta and a mechado. I suppose a mechado is a form of kaldereta, with slightly different ingredients. A kaldereta, I am presuming, refers to a stew in a kaldereta or kettle/stewing pot, most likely a cast iron one originally. At any rate, I saw a whole bunch of beef with bones at the grocery with the tag kaldereta cut so I thought I would experiment… In my mind, and according to some of my cookbooks, a kaldereta (most usually made with goat’s meat, but now more and more with readily available beef, is a tomato-y stew with liver spread or smashed liver and pota...

Beef Mechado is one of favorite Filipino dishes. It's also known as beef stew. Other variation is pork or chicken mechado but most common is with beef. Ingredients: 1 kilo of beef 2 onions, chopped 3 tomatoes, chopped 1 can of tomato sauce 1 bay leaf 4 potatoes, quartered 1 cup soy sauce 2 cups water salt and pepper Procedure: Cut beef into chunks, ½ inch thick. In a casserole, combine the beef, bay leaf, onions, tomatoes, soy sauce, and water. Boil until beef is tender. Add the potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste. Tips for faster cooking time: Pressure cook the beef with the ingredients mentioned in step 2. Fry the potatoes before adding to the casserole. Source: http://jadecircles.hubpages.com/hub/Beef-Mechado-Recipe [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]