Kare-kare Filipino beef curry recipe
This Filipino kare-kare recipe is a meat and vegetable stew with oxtail, beef or tripe, eggplant, banana buds, pechay, string beans, and other vegetables that are mainly flavored with a sweet and savory peanut sauce.
Servings 5 people
Calories 659kcal
Cost $15
Ingredients
- 2½ lbs beef hocks or oxtail cut into 2” lengths
- 6 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 bundle sitaw or long beans cut 3″ length
- 2 bundles bokchoy / pechay
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 1 tsp achuete powder for coloring
- 1 medium eggplant cut into 6 pieces
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- Bagoong or shrimp paste
Instructions
- Boil the beef hocks or pork until soft. Set aside and reserve the broth.
- In a wok, saute garlic and onion.
- Add pork hocks and fish sauce. Cook for a few minutes.
- Add 2 1/2 cups of the pork/beef broth, salt, achuete, and peanut butter. Simmer for 5 mins.
- Add the vegetables and cook until vegetables are tender. Stir occasionally.
- Season with salt to taste.
- Serve with bagoong or shrimp paste.
Notes
*** You can also use Mama Sita’s Kare-Kare Mix and omit 4 tbsp peanut butter and achuete powder.
Nutrition
Calories: 659kcal
