Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, beef mechado. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Beef Mechado is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Beef Mechado is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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 begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook beef mechado using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Beef Mechado:
- Prepare 1 kilo beef sirloin
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 whole red bell pepper
- Make ready 2 big sliced tomatoes
- Get 4 medium size potatoes sliced
- Prepare 2 carrots medium sliced
- Prepare 3 teaspoon sugar
- Get 3 tablespoon soy sauce
- Prepare 1 big can tomato sauce
- Make ready 4 teaspoon tomato paste
- Take 4 cloves garlic crushed
- Get 1 whole onion sliced
- Make ready 2 cups water
- Make ready 1/2 size lemon
- Take 4 bay leaves
If you want to make your family eating moment special, this is your must-try dish. Beef Mechado is a Filipino dish, sometimes spelled mitsado or metsado in Tagalog language. It is the equivalent of Beef Stew in America. Mechado is one of the favorite dishes among Filipino.
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!
Beef Mechado Recipe is an appetizing tomato based, beef stew dish similar to other Filipino cuisine like the Beef Caldereta, Afritada, Menudo and Estofado because of the. Mechado is a braised beef dish originating from the Philippines inspired by culinary methods of Spain, which it was a former colony of. Soy sauce and calamansi fruits are key ingredients to the braising liquid. Mechado, Filipino Beef Stew, is the Philippine's version of the ubiquitous comfort food with a wonderful depth of flavor that comes from browned garlic, marinated beef, and the complex flavors of patis. Beef Mechado, a dish born during the islands' Spanish colonial era, is one of the most popular dishes on the Philippine table.
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