Recipe: Tasty Beef Kare-Kare

Beef Kare-Kare. 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.

Sauté garlic and onions until translucent. Beef Kare kare Recipe is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat, chicken or rarely fish. You can have Beef Kare-Kare using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Beef Kare-Kare

1. You need of kilo beef cut into cubes.
2. You need of Bok Choy (Chinese cabbage) cut.
3. Prepare of yardlong beans cut into 2 inch long.
4. It's of eggplants sliced/cut.
5. It's of water.
6. Prepare of ground peanuts or 5 tablespoons creamy peanut butter.
7. Prepare of fish sauce.
8. You need of cornstarch dissolved in 3 tablespoons warm water.
9. You need of medium sized onion diced.
10. You need of garlic minced.
11. Prepare of Salt and pepper.
12. It's of Cooking oil.
13. Prepare of Shrimp paste/bagoong.
14. You need of Optional: 3 tbs annatto seeds soaked in a cup of water for colour.

It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi juice. Stewed Beef in Peanutbutter Sauce A unique savory beef stew with peanut butter sauce. Images of the sautéed shrimp paste (bagoong), banana blossom flower and 'astuete' seeds are included in the Recipe Introduction. Kare-kare is a Filipino dish started from the culinary capital of the Philippines, Pampanga.

Beef Kare-Kare instructions

1. Saute garlic and onion in oil until garlic is light golden brown and onion is translucent. Set aside..
2. 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..
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. Serve over steamed rice and a little bit of bagoong/shrimp paste on the side..

It is made with beef tender meat and vegetables swimming in an creamy orange colored peanut sauce. 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. Beef Kare-kare is already creamy on its own, thanks to the sauce made thick by the peanut butter and ground, roasted peanuts. This gives the Kare-kare its distinctive thick and full-bodied sauce.