Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, beef mechado. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Beef Mechado is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Beef Mechado is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Fill Your Cart With Color today! Beef Mechado is a type of Filipino beef stew. It is cooked in a tomato-based sauce along with cubed potato. The sauce can be made from chopped ripe tomato or canned tomato sauce.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have beef mechado using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Beef Mechado:
- Make ready 1 kilo beef sirloin
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Get 1 whole red bell pepper
- Take 2 big sliced tomatoes
- Take 4 medium size potatoes sliced
- Take 2 carrots medium sliced
- Prepare 3 teaspoon sugar
- Make ready 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- Prepare 1 big can tomato sauce
- Take 4 teaspoon tomato paste
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic crushed
- Prepare 1 whole onion sliced
- Take 2 cups water
- Make ready 1/2 size lemon
- Take 4 bay leaves
It is traditionally made of beef chunks paired with pork fat strips, potatoes and carrots, along with a thick sauce made out of tomato, soy sauce, and other seasonings. Beef Mechado or Mitsado is a classic Filipino dish greatly influenced by the Spanish way of cooking that was taught to our ancestors during their time here in the Philippines. As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time. Cheaper but very lean cuts are what most can afford.
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!
As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time. Cheaper but very lean cuts are what most can afford. Beef Mechado is no doubt known for its very appealing sight and great taste. This is all thanks to the beef mechado ingredients used in its preparation. Mechadong baka is beef stew in tomato sauce, potatoes and carrots.
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