I’m posting one of my all time favorite recipe. It’s kind of tiring and complicated (well, at least for me) but it’s worth the effort making it from scratch.
Ingredients:
3 kg. oxtail, cleaned and cut
1 kg beef shank
1 piece of a decent sized tripe cut sliced in bite size
5 cloves crushed garlic
1 sliced banana heart
1 medium sized onion. sliced
2 bundles sitaw (long beans) cut into pieces
4 eggplants cut into 1/2″ slices
water from 1/4 cup achuete(achuete seeds soaked in hot water)
1/3 cup toasted rice (brown in a pan) and ground fine
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (unless you’re patient enough to roast peanuts and pound them)
salt and pepper to taste
peanut oil
Directions:
1. boil oxtail and tripe once and discard water. boil again until tender
2. boil beef shank separately until tender
3. saute garlic and onion in peanut oil
4. add achuete water and peanut butter
5. add meat and the remaining stock
6. thicken with toasted rice powder
7. add vegetables, banana hearts going first
8. season with salt and pepper
Bagoong ( shrimp paste)
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup chopped garlic
1/2 cup sliced shallots
1 cup fresh salted alamang
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup brown sugar ( adjust quantity depending on the saltiness of the alamang)
1 – 2 pcs sliced bird’s eye chilies(labuyo)
in a saucepan, heat olive oil and slightly brown garlic. add shallots, alamang, water, brown sugar and chilies. let simmer until thick.
Wow, looks yummy. I never tried cooking kare-kare. I will have to copy your recipe and try it one of these days.