Beef Caldereta
A Filipino dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 2 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 27 minPrep (about)
- 35 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 2 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 4.4 lb beef Shopping tip: Chuck roast or stew beef, cut in cubes.
Fresh & other
- 1 beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
- 2 cups water
- 1 green bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 1 potato
- 1 carrot
- 8 oz tomato paste Shopping tip: Tomato paste (UK: tomato purée), in a small can or tube.
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 onion
- 5 cloves garlic
Sauces & oils
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (1): chile powders
- 5 chile powders
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Heat oil in a cooking pot.
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Cook onion and garlic until onion softens, 1.
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Add beef.
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Cook until the outer part turns light brown.
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Add soy sauce.
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Pour tomato sauce and water.
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Let boil, 3.
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Add Knorr Beef Cube.
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Cover the pressure cooker.
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Cook for 30 minutes, 4.
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Pan-fry carrot and potato till it browns.
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Set aside, 5.
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Add peanut butter, liver spread and chili pepper.
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Stir, 6.
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Add bell peppers, fried potato and carrot.
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Cover the pot.
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Continue cooking for 5 to 7 minutes.
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Season with salt and ground black pepper.
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Serve.
On the side: Steamed rice
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (25 min)
- Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.