🥩 Beef Tapa

Meat · Main ingredient: Beef · ⏱ 8 min · Serves 5 · ~₱465 · Best for: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg 1 kg beef sirloin, thinly sliced
• 0.5 cup 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 0.25 cup 1/4 cup calamansi juice or vinegar
• 6 clove 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 3 pinch 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp 3 tbsp cooking oil (for frying)

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine soy sauce, calamansi juice, minced garlic, brown sugar, pepper, and salt to make the marinade.
2. Add beef slices to the marinade, mixing well to coat evenly, then cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight for best flavor.
3. Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
4. Fry the beef strips in batches, reserving excess marinade, until browned and cooked through, about 3 to 4 minutes per side.
5. If desired, add a splash of the reserved marinade to the pan during the last minute of cooking and let it reduce into a glaze.
6. Serve hot with garlic fried rice (sinangag) and a fried egg for a classic tapsilog.

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