Beef kaldereta
A dish that was inherited from the Spanish during the colonization, this dish is typically known for it's savoury taste cook with beef or goat til tender and continues to evolve using local ingrdients and spices. Can be sustituted with pork, chicken and other meat.
Yield: 6
Materials
- 1.2 kg Beef Top round/ribs or sirloin curt into cubes.
- 2 pcs Medium size green and red bell pepper. cored seeded and cut.
- 2 tbsp Liver spread
- 1 cup green olives
- 2 pcs Medium potatoes Diced and soak with water to eliminate the starch.
- 2 pcs Medium size carrots Diced.
- 1 cup Tomato sauce
- 1 whole Garlic Finely chopped.
- 1 whole Red onion Finely chopped.
- 7 tbsp Soy sauce Silver swan
- 3 tbsp Oyster sauce Lee kum kee
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce Lea and perrins
- ½ tsp Sea salt
- ½ tsp Frehsly cracked black pepper
Instructions
- 1.2 kg Beef Best alternative cut for this dish are top round, ribs or sirloin, Top round is the cheapest alternative But requires more time to cook and no fats or marbling, so I decided to use rib eye to save time and I want the fats or marbling in it, Trim the excess fats, fats contribute a big factor for flavour but too much is not good. Wash the beef and cut into cube.
- 2 pcs Medium size carrots Peel the carrots and cut into bite size.2 pcs Medium size carrots
- 2 pcs Medium size green and red bell pepper. Core and seed the bell peppers.
- 2 pcs Medium potatoes Cut the potatoes and soak in water to wsah out the starch.
- 1 whole Garlic Finely chop the garlic and onion
- Measure the rest of the ingredients 2 tbsp Liver spread/1 cup green olives/7 tbsp Soy sauce/3 tbsp Oyster sauce/1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce/½ tsp Sea salt/½ tsp Frehsly cracked black pepper
- Marinate the beef with the follwing ingredients 4 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp oyster sauce, Garlic and onion add half cup of water and mix altogether.Let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
- In a wok or skillet saute the potatoes carrots and bell pepperSaute the potatoes first as it is the toughest, half way of cooking when potatoes are a little tender add the carrots and continue to saute until cookm then add the bell pepper for another minute and set aside.
- Sear the beef by batches do not overcrowd this is to avoid extracting water from the meat.
- Once the searing process is done put all the meat in the pan and increase the heat. add the extra onion and pour in the tomato sauce then add a cup of water and stir.If using a tough cut of beef, add water as needed and continue to boil until tender then reduce the sauce to desired consistency and proceed to the next step.
- Add tbsp of worsestershire sauce and the liver spread, Let simmer and blend by stirring for a minute or two.
- Add all the vegies and correct the seasoning by adding salt and pepper preppered chili can be added at this point.
- Serve with Plain hot rice.