Kare-Kare Recipe: How To Cook Kare-Kare

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Kare-kare Recipe

INGREDIENTS: 2 1/2 lbs Pork or Beef hocks or Ox tail ,cut into 2" lengths ( I used beef hocks) 6 tbsp peanut butter 1 bundle sitaw or long beans (cut 3" length) 2 bundles bokchoy 2 cloves garlic (crushed) 1 medium onion (sliced) 1 tsp achuete powder for coloring 1 medium eggplant (cut into 6 pieces) 1 tbsp fish sauce bagoong or shrimp paste HOW TO COOK KARE-KARE: Boil the pork hocks until soft. Set aside. Reserve the broth. In a wok, saute garlic and onion. Add pork hocks and fish sauce. Cook for few minutes. Add 2 1/2 cups of the pork/beef broth, salt, achuete and peanut butter. Simmer for 5 mins. Add the vegetables and cook until vegetables are tender. Stir occasionally. Season with salt to taste. Serve with bagoong or shrimp paste.

Pata Kare-Kare
Kare-kare has never been this easy. Show off your cooking know-how when you serve this at dinner with the family.

Cooking Skills Needed:


How to Boil and Simmer How to Slice Vegetables and Fruits

Cooking Tools Needed:


Pan Pot Tong Wooden Spoon Chef's Knife Chopping Board Measuring Cups

Ingredients
1.2 kg 4 cloves 2 tbsp 150 grams 150 grams 100 grams 100 grams 2 packs (50 grams each) Pork Pata Garlic Patis Talong Banana Heart Sitaw Pechay Tagalog Del Monte Quick 'n Easy Kare-Kare Mix (sliced) (trimmed and sliced) (cut into 3 long) (cut up) (crushed)

Cooking Procedure:
1. Rub pata with garlic and patis. Boil in enough water for 5 minutes. Drain, discard the broth. 2. Add 3 cups water to the pata and Simmer until meat is tender. 3. Retain only 1 cups broth in pan. Add DEL MONTE Kare Kare Mix and vegetables except pechay. Simmer until vegetables are cooked. 4. Add pechay. Simmer once. Serve with sauted baggong alamang. Makes 10 servings Lusog Notes: Kare-kare is high in thiamine, which keeps your brain functioning well.

Filipino Kare-Kare Recipe


Ingredients

1/2 kilo beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes (for a more traditional kare kare, use cleaned beef tripe instead of beef) 1/2 kilo oxtail, cut 2 inch long 3 cups of peanut butter 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies) 2 pieces onions, diced 2 heads of garlic, minced 4 tablespoons atsuete oil 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2" long 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water 1/2 cup oil 8 cups of water Salt to taste

METHOD
1. In a stock pot, boil beef and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock. 2. Heat oil and atsuete oil in a big pan or wok. 3. Saut garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Salt to taste. 4. Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes. Do not overcook the vegetables. 5. You can have the option to serve with bagoong on the side and hot plain rice.

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