Bulalo - Filipino Beef Soup Recipe

If you go to different parts of the Philippines, you will see variations of dishes and recipes that you not seen before. Many countries have their own recipe pride, their brand is unique when it comes to food. A province that I know of is Batangas. Famous as livestock areas of the Philippines, Batangeños found their own unique method of cooking her specialty - Bulalo. Bulalo or soup bone marrow from cattle in English, has won the hearts of many Filipinos through the years, and was a popular Filipino soup. The hotter the soup is the best. So now we will discover how the soup is cooked.

Preparation time 10 minutes, estimated cooking time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Here are the ingredients:

• 2 kg of beef bone marrow, have your butcher chop it into small pieces

• 1 kg of boneless beef shank or stewing beef

• 1 onion, peeled and sliced

• 3 liters of water

• 2-3 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered

• 2-3 Saba (cooking banana), banana, cut into two pieces

• 1 whole medium cabbage, quartered

• 3-4 tablespoons fish sauce (patis)

• Salt and pepper to taste

Now you can have all the ingredients ready, we'll start cooking. First, bone marrow and blanch beef boneless beef shank or stewing in boiling water for a while and rinse with cold tap water to get rid of the foam and blood. Next, place the bone marrow and onion in a pan, pour in 3 liters of water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes. Add to bring the braising boneless beef shank or beef and cook. When he comes back, can reduce heat to simmer and, until meat is tender, about 1 to 1 ½ hours. A good trick to do, if beef is soft beat with jackfruit leaves, the faster it will help the meat tender. Now add the potatoes and bananas. Simmer until the potatoes are soft and bananas, which can take about 10-15 minutes to complete, are. Then add the cabbage and season to taste Stir in fish sauce, salt and pepper. And finally, cook the mixture until the cabbage is tender, crisp, about 2 minutes, it would be. Serve with rice. And that's it!

Beef, the main component of bulalo is a good source of minerals such as zinc, selenium, phosphorus and iron and vitamin B. See, bulalo not only a good soup, this soup is a healthy way.

Beef cook this recipe may take some time because the beef. The beef should be soft enough to chew on you, it's hard to eat beef if it is not soft enough (do not forget that!). Another good thing to add to this recipe is to use the stock cube, there are many commercial products, to sell the beef cubes in the flavor. It would add flavor to your bulalo.

Prepare meals for your family always makes fun because you know that is what you are cooking safe, healthy and delicious. So why not try this recipe Philippine Bulalo, for your next meal? This is not only delicious but also good for your health. Happy eating!