Kare-Kare

Kare-Kare is considered a Stew, normally an oxtail would be perfect but these days some uses lean meat, pork belly, tripe (i love this), chicken and sometimes seafood. But if you know me I would stick to the original just like paying homage to the dish.

Ingredients:
  • 1kg of Oxtail, Chopped into 2" length
  • 1/2 Cup of Peanut butter (unsweetened)
  • 1 stack of Long Beans, cut into 2" length (Sitaw)
  • 3-4 cloves of Garlic, minced
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 6 tbsp of Achuete/Atsuete
  • 1 Large Eggplant, Cut in half and cut into 2" length
  • 2 stack of Pechay or Bokchoy
  • 2 tbsp of Shrimp paste
  • 4-5 tbsp of Peanut, crushed finely (secret ingredient, makes a huge difference)
 Procedure
  • Oxtail Procedure
    • In a large pot or pressure cooker boil the oxtail until tender, pressure cooker will only take about 45mins to an hour a normal boiling may take 1hr 30mins to 2hrs depends on the meat.
    • Once meat is tender remove the meat from the broth but set aside the broth please.
  • Achuete/Atsuete Procedure
    • In a pan put about 1/2 cup of vegetable oil and start stir frying the atchuete until the oil turns reddish, mostly takes about 5mins
    • strain the achuete and set aside the oil
  • Now time to get a "wok" if you don't have one you can use a regular deep pan.
  • Add half of the achuete oil and saute garlic and onions, let them caramelize
  • Add the shrimp paste, saute for another 2mins
  • Add the meat, saute for another 2mins
  • Gently add the stock, we start at 2cups, we will gradually add the remaining stock if the dish gets dried out
  • Add the peanut butter, make sure you stir it properly so we avoid clumps
  • Add the beans cook for 5mins
  • Add eggplant cook for another 5mins
  • Add the Bokchoy cook for another 2mins
  • Lastly add the crushed peanuts and again please stir the dish properly
  • Let it simmer for about 2mins
  • Consistency check.... If the sauce is too thick we need to add a bit of our stock.
*NOTE: Best eaten with shrimp paste as a side, chillis optional.

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