Beef Stew

Philippine food is a unique cuisine owing to their diverse mix of cultures and heritages, with the traditional Asian diet mixed with Western influences. Add in a dash of Polynesian flare and the food becomes an indulgent way of eating, with up to five meals per day. Whereas you might expect heavily spiced food or aromatic seasonings from other Asian cuisine, the emphasis with Filipino food is firmly on bolder combinations of sweet, sour and salty combos, usually accompanied be a contrasting pairing. This includes such dishes as champorado - a sweet cocoa rice porridge - paired with puto - sweet, steamed rice cakes; or perhaps cheeses - usually salty - in sweetcakes.

With a dazzling array of potential combinations, it's hard to know where to start with a Filipino dish. Here a simple one that you can try, and from there the possibilities are endless!

Beef Stew

First up we have a beef stew recipe:

• 3 pounds of stewing beef
• 3 garlic cloves
• Onion
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 tbsp spy sauce
• 6-8 potatoes
• Oil

This meal will serve at least four people if they have big appetites, with enough to reheat later on for the next day!

For this stew, take some big chunks of beef, and cook it with the garlic, onions, some nice ripe tomatoes and soy sauce plus the bay leaf in a pan or wok until the beef is nice and tender, which should take no more than an hour.

After 30 minutes, peel and dice the potatoes before frying them in oil until they change colour. Pour off most of the oil and add some more garlic, frying the lot for a couple more minutes to absorb the flavour.

Once the beef is finished, take it from the pan add the fried garlic. Keep browning the beef and add the potatoes and sauce. Heat it for a couple of minutes to warm it back up, and serve up. Delicious! Traditionally this meal would be made with veal, but regular stewing beef provides a tasty and affordable alternative.

With So Many Filipino Recipes, Here's One to Get You Started!

This is just one of dozens of Filipino recipes, and there's plenty more available here.

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