🍲 Beef Estofado

Meat · Main ingredient: Beef · ⏱ 120 min · Serves 5 · ~₱575 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg 1 kg beef brisket or shank, cubed
• 0.3333 cup 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp calamansi or vinegar
• 0.25 cup 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 4 clove 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 pc 1 onion, sliced
• 2 pc 2 pcs bay leaves
• 4 pc 4 pcs saba banana (ripe), peeled, halved and fried
• 1 cup 1 cup dried banana blossom or button mushrooms (optional)
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 pinch Salt and pepper to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Marinate beef in soy sauce and calamansi juice for at least 30 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the saba banana halves until golden. Set aside.
3. In a pot, heat remaining oil and brown the marinated beef on all sides (reserve marinade). Set aside.
4. Sauté garlic and onion in the same pot until fragrant.
5. Return beef to the pot, add reserved marinade, water or broth, brown sugar, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low heat until beef is tender, about 1.5 to 2 hours.
6. Continue simmering uncovered until sauce thickens and turns glossy and dark.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and stir in the fried saba banana just before serving to warm through.
8. Serve hot with steamed rice.

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