Kare- Kare
By: Peachy Adarne
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 4:33pm

Ingredients




500 grams Beef Sirloin, cubed
500 grams oxtail, cut into 2 inches long
500 grams ox tripe, boiled twice,washed and cut into 2-inch squares
300 grams beef tendons
2 banana hearts, sliced diagonally
5 pieces eggplants, sliced diagonally
2 bundle of string beans, cut into 2-inch long
3 bundles bok choy
1 head of cabbage, cut into serving pieces
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion,chopped
4 tablespoons cooking oil
4 cups ground peanuts
Annato/Achiote oil for color

salt to taste

Preparation

1 Boil beef, oxtail, ox tripe and tendons in a big pot until tender. Set aside including the stock you boiled it in. 2 In another pot,sauté garlic and onions in oil until onions become transluscent. 3 Pour the stock and let it come to a boil. Add the beef, oxtail,tripe and tendons. 4 Stir in Annato oil and ground peanuts.Put salt to taste. 5 Simmer until the desired thickness of the sauce. 6 Add eggplant, banana hearts, string beans,bok choy and cabbage. 7 Simmer until vegetables are cooked but not everdone. 8 Serve with shrimp paste and steamed rice.

About


Kare-Kare is a Philippine stew made with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, offal and tripe thickened and flavored by peanut sauce. It is eaten with shrimp paste as a sauce and is often served on special occasions or during Sundays when everybody in the family is at home.