Kare Kare Recipe

The Traditional Filipino Recipe

Ingredients

1. The beef

Oxtail — 2 pounds.

Vegetable oil — 1 tbsp., preferably canola.

Salt and pepper — to taste.

Onion — 1 pc., chopped.

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2. The vegetables

Eggplant — 2 ½ pcs., sliced, preferably Japanese.

Bok choy — 1 cup, chopped.

String beans — 1 bundle.

Garlic — 2 cloves, minced.

Onion — 1 pc., chopped.

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#3. The rest

Peanut butter — 1 cup.

Bagoong alamang — 1 cup, also known as shrimp paste.

Steamed rice.

Instructions

1. Rinse oxtail under cold water and trim the excess fat. Fill a large pot with enough water, and bring it to a boil, preferably on medium or high heat.

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2. Add chopped onions and oxtail, and simmer until it is tender enough, which should take between 2.5 to 3 hours. 

3. After the oxtail is tender, add peanut butter, and simmer for up to 10 minutes.

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4. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, and sauté chopped onion and minced garlic until they turn golden brown.

5. Add the eggplant, the bok choy, and string beans. Cook for 5-10 minutes.

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6. Combine the cooked vegetables with the now-tender oxtail in a pot. 

7. Add salt and pepper to taste.

8. Serve with steamed rice and bagoong alamang, or shrimp paste in the US.

Equipment

Measuring spoons and cups.

Large pot.

Frying pan.

Variations

The meat — If you’re not having oxtail, you are free to opt for seafood such as shrimp, crabs, and squid. There is even a vegan version of this. Another version of it is the pata kare kare. 

Tips

The ingredients — You can have the flexibility to change some aspects of this kare kare recipe.

The oxtail — If you have decided to go with oxtail, you always have the option of using a pressure cooker.

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