Special Beef Calderetta Recipe

Beef Kaldereta Ingredients:

• 1 kilo beef, cut into chunks

• 1/2 cup ground liver

• 5 onions, minced

• 5 cloves garlic, minced

• 6 tomatoes, sliced

• 1 cup tomato sauce

• 3 green peppers, diced

• 3 red peppers, diced

• 4 pieces hot chili peppers, minced

• 3/4 cup grated cheese

• 2 cups beef stock or water

• 1/4 cup cooking or olive oil

 

Kaldereta Cooking Instructions:

1. In a casserole, sauté: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers.

2. Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender.

3. Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens.

4. Serve with plain rice

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Squash and String Beans Guisado w/ Prawns Recipe

This recipe is easy to make. Just follow these simple steps and you can have this yummy vegetable guisado that Pinoys especially Ilocanos really love. Since I'm residing here in UK, I listed here the alternative ingredients . Here's how:

Ingredients:

1 Medium British Squash (Diced)

1 Pack of String Beans

1/2 cup of Medium Prawn, (Peeled and Semi-cooked)

3 Cloves of Garlic, Crushed

1 Medium sized onion, sliced

1 Medium Sized Tomatoes Diced

2 Tbsp of Oil

4-5 tbsp of Anchovy Bagoong or Halubaybay (Alamang)

 

Procedure:

1. In a pan, saute garlic till golden brown.

2. Add onion till it turns transluscent.

3. Put tomatoes stirring constantly then add prawns. Cook for a minimum of 3 minutes in a medium heat. (Don't burn)

4. Add squash. Saute for 3 minutes then add the beans.

5. Seasoned it with bagoong halubaybay or alamang, msg and add at least 3/4 cup of water and bring to boil. Do not put too much water.

6. Serve it in a glass bowl with rice.

Easy! I feel I'm home (Philippines) when I've done this recipe. And so I share a bowl of it to my Pinay neighbor. Cheers!

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Okoy Recipe (Squash and Bacon)

Here's another experimented recipe. Íve just found a British squash that I can use in Okoy recipe that my Nanay used to cook when I'm still young. Since I don;t have shrimp here, I used Bacon as alternative. Check it out!

Ingredients:

1. Medium Size Onion chopped

4 Cloves of Garlic, chopped

1 Cup of grated Squash

1 Cup All Purpose Flour

1-2 Eggs

Ground Pepper

Msg,Salt,Oil

Chopped Bacon

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients with enough lukewarm water.

2. Put enough oil in the pan and bring it to boil.

3. Using spoon, flatten scoop of mixture to the pan and cook it till golden brown.

4. Make a Vinegar sauce suing chopped onion, spicy chili and vinegar.

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