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 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. 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
