🍲 Beef Pochero

Soup · Main ingredient: Beef · ⏱ 112 min · Serves 5 · ~₱655 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg 1 kg beef shank or brisket, cut into chunks
• 1 pc 1 onion, chopped
• 4 clove 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 pc 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 2 pc 2 pcs Chinese sausage (chorizo de bilbao), sliced
• 2 pc 2 medium potatoes, quartered
• 2 pc 2 pcs saba banana (ripe), peeled and halved
• 1 pc 1 small cabbage, cut into wedges
• 1 bunch 1 bundle string beans, cut into 2-inch lengths
• 1 cup 1 cup pechay, sliced
• 0.25 cup 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp 2 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
• 2 tbsp 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 pinch Salt and pepper to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat oil and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
2. Add tomatoes and cook until softened, then add beef and sear briefly on all sides.
3. Pour in water or broth and tomato sauce, bring to a boil, then simmer covered over low heat until beef is tender, about 1.5 hours.
4. Add fish sauce and season with salt and pepper.
5. Add potatoes and simmer for 10 minutes, then add saba banana and Chinese sausage, simmer for another 5 minutes.
6. Add cabbage and string beans, cook until vegetables are tender-crisp, about 5 minutes.
7. Add pechay last and cook just until wilted, about 2 minutes.
8. Adjust seasoning and serve hot with steamed rice.

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