Beef Tapa
Filipino all day breakfast favorite serve with fried rice or just plain rice, Beef tapa is one of the popular heavy breakfast in the Philippines and can be eaten anywhere in the streets of Manila a lot of restaurant serve this type of food usually called Tapsi for short of tapa sinangag at itlog or Tapa, fried rice and egg.
Beef tapa
Filipino Dish made from thinly sliced beef and marinated in mixture of soy sauce, garlic, Brown sugar, and other spices and is being pan fried until caramelized. This is all time Filipino breakfast favorite and served with fried rice or plain rice with egg. Very simple dish but definitely love by everyone.
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp oyster sauce
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 pcs lemon
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 3 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 bulb Garlic Chopped
- 1 whole white onion Diced
- 2 kg Top sirloin Can also use top round but has to be mixed with baking powder and marinate over night to soften the tissue
Instructions
- Mix and combine all the following ingredients, soy sauce, lemon, vinegar, sugar, oyster sauce, garlic and onion, Mix well until all the sugar dissolved.
- Slice the prepared beef into very thin strip and make sure it's across the grain by looking at meat direction of lines.
- Combine the thinly sliced beef with the marinate and let it sit for an hour,
- In medium high heat, Heat the pan and add 2 tbsp of oil.
- Cook the beef by batches in a small amount, stir fry until it dries out and Caramelized, repeat the process and cook as much as you want, the remaining can stored in the fridge for several days or better to portion and freeze.
- Serve with plain rice or fried rice and sunny side up egg.
Notes
Recipe Ingredient are calculated for 2 kg of meat.
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