Beef Kaldereta

Caldereta is a dish popular in the Philippines, especially in Luzon island. Its common ingredients are cuts of pork, beef or goat with tomato paste or tomato sauce with liver spread added to it. In Metro Manila it is more commonly added with potatoes but in other regions such as Southern Tagalog provinces, it is simply the sauce and the cuts of meat that are used. There are other meats that can also be used such as chicken but pork, beef and goat are the three more popular cuts of meat used.

Try this this Kaldereta recipe from Panlasang Pinoy.

Ingredients:

2 lbs beef, cubed
3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
4 cups water
1 cup red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup liver spread or liver paste (processed using blender)
1 tsp. crushed chili
3 large bay leaves
2 cups potatoes, sliced
2 cups carrots, sliced
1 cup cooking oil
2/3 cup green olives
salt and pepper

Directions:

Step 1: Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry the carrots and potatoes until color turns light brown
Step 2: Remove the fried carrots and potatoes from the pan and set aside
Step 3: In the same pan where the vegetables were fried, sauté the garlic and onions
Step 4: Add the beef and simmer for 5 minutes
Step 5: Add water and let the beef boil until tender (about 30 mins if using pressure cooker or 1 to 2 hours if using an ordinary pot)
Step 6: Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes
Step 7: Add green olives, carrots, bay leaves, bell pepper,crushed chili,and potatoes and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes
Step 8: Add salt and pepper to taste
Step 9: Serve Hot. Enjoy!