Steps to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Beef Mechado
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Beef Mechado is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. 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. The presence of marbling usually determines the quality of the beef. The more marbling it contains, the better the cut.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to 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:
- Prepare kilo beef sirloin
- Get Salt and pepper
- Take whole red bell pepper
- Make ready big sliced tomatoes
- Prepare medium size potatoes sliced
- Get carrots medium sliced
- Get sugar
- Prepare soy sauce
- Get big can tomato sauce
- Get tomato paste
- Make ready garlic crushed
- Make ready whole onion sliced
- Make ready water
- Take size lemon
- Prepare bay leaves
I think that the cooking time is a factor for the frequency. Mechado is traditionally and commonly made with beef and pork fat, and you usually go for a tangier flavor when it comes to cooking these. It also includes the basic carrots, potatoes, and bell pepper, together with the tomato sauce blended with soy sauce. Mechado is a Filipino tomato-based braised beef with savory-tangy flavors from calamansi and soy sauce.
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!
It also includes the basic carrots, potatoes, and bell pepper, together with the tomato sauce blended with soy sauce. Mechado is a Filipino tomato-based braised beef with savory-tangy flavors from calamansi and soy sauce. Traditionally made using leaner and inexpensive cuts of beef inserted with pork fat to keep it juicy and more flavorful. HOW TO COOK BEEF MECHADO: Boil beef in water until tender. Pan fry the potatoes, carrots and bell pepper.
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