Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, beef mechado. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Beef Mechado is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Beef Mechado is something which I have loved my entire life.
Beef Mechado is a Filipino-style beef stew made of larded beef chunks braised in tomato sauce with potatoes and carrots. It's a delicious and filling dish that pairs well with steamed rice. Beef Mechado is a type of Filipino beef stew. It is cooked in a tomato-based sauce along with cubed potato.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have beef mechado using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Beef Mechado:
- Make ready kilo beef sirloin
- Prepare Salt and pepper
- Prepare whole red bell pepper
- Prepare big sliced tomatoes
- Take medium size potatoes sliced
- Get carrots medium sliced
- Prepare sugar
- Prepare soy sauce
- Prepare big can tomato sauce
- Take tomato paste
- Get garlic crushed
- Take whole onion sliced
- Prepare water
- Take size lemon
- Make ready bay leaves
Beef Mechado or "Mechadong Baka" is one of the meatiest and beefiest Filipino dishes you will find. A stew made of beef chunks, seared with sautéed garlic and onions, stewed in tomato sauce, lemon juice, soy sauce, and seasoned with spices like bay leaf and black peppercorn. Beef Mechado or Mitsado is a classic Filipino dish greatly influenced by the Spanish way of cooking that was taught to our ancestors during their time here in the Philippines. As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time.
Instructions to make Beef Mechado:
- Marinate beef with salt and pepper and put lemon juice into it. Let it stand about a minute to absorb the juice.
- In a deep pan place the beef chunks, soy sauce, garlic and bay leaves. Pour the water in and bring to boil.
- Cover and simmer on low and cook until the beef chunks are tender for about 1-1 1/2 hours
- When the beef is tender add potatoes, carrots and onions. Cook for another 10-15 mins until the potatoes and carrots are almost cooked
- Add chopped bell peppers and tomato sauce. Stir, cover and cook until all the vegetables are tender. You can cook it uncovered if you wish a thicker sauce. Adjust seasong with sugar, soy sauce, tomato paste, salt and ground pepper to taste. (to balance out the flavors) Simmer for about 5-10 mins.
- Ready to serve! Enjoy!
Beef Mechado or Mitsado is a classic Filipino dish greatly influenced by the Spanish way of cooking that was taught to our ancestors during their time here in the Philippines. As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time. Cheaper but very lean cuts are what most can afford. Mechadong baka is beef stew in tomato sauce, potatoes and carrots. A Filipino dish very similar to kalderatang baka and I always can't tell the difference between the two when I see these dishes.
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