Filipino🥣 Soups & stews

Killer Beef Sinigang

Name: Killer Beef Sinigang
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: ~2-3 lb Beef neck bone or beef ribs; ~8 cups Rice washing water; ~6 cloves Garlic; ~1 medium Yellow onion; 4 Tomatoes; ~1 tbsp Beef powder; 2 Sinigang mix sachet; ~1 medium Taro (Gabi); ~1 medium Radish; ~2 medium Eggplant (Chinese eggplant); ~8 pods Okra; ~½ lb Beans (string beans); ~1 bunch Spinach stems; ~1 bunch Spinach leaves; ~2 tbsp Fish sauce; ~1-2 cups Ice or ice water

⏱ 150 min

A hearty and savory beef sinigang featuring tender beef neck or ribs simmered low and slow until fall-apart tender, fully soaking in a rich, tangy broth. The broth is built with a souring agent for depth of flavor, rice washing water for texture and sweetness, and uses an ice-chilling technique to reduce cholesterol content. Served with rice and sawsawan on the side.

Adapted from a video by Panlasang Pinoy

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Ingredients

Beef neck bone or beef ribs~2-3 lbest.
Rice washing waterWater used for boiling the beef~8 cupsest.
GarlicFor sautéing~6 clovesest.
Yellow onionSliced into thick wedges~1 mediumest.
TomatoesAbout 2.5 sautéed first; remaining added near the end to maintain color4
Beef powderTo add beef flavor~1 tbspest.
Sinigang mix sachetUsing Maggie Magic Sinigang regular sachets2
Taro (Gabi)Peeled; needs 6-8 minutes to soften

Steps

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1
Heat the pan and sauté garlic, then add onion sliced into thick wedges.
2
Add tomatoes; sauté about 2.5 tomatoes first to develop flavor, reserving the rest to add later.
3
Add the beef neck bone or ribs and stir-fry until the meat browns to develop additional savory flavor.
4
Pour rice washing water over the beef and simmer on low heat for about 2 hours until the meat is completely tender.
5
During simmering, use a fine strainer or special skimming spoon to remove oil floating on the surface to reduce cholesterol.
6
While waiting for the beef to tenderize, prepare all vegetables: slice spinach stems and string beans into 2-inch pieces, slice radish into 2-inch pieces, peel taro, and prepare eggplant.
7
Once beef is tender, turn off heat and add ice or ice water to stop the cooking process; this hardens the cholesterol and oil, making it easier to skim off.
8
After removing the hardened fat and cholesterol, add beef powder to enhance the beef flavor.
9
Add sinigang mix sachets (use 2 small sachets) to achieve the desired level of sourness.
10
Add taro first and cook for 6-8 minutes until softened.
11
Add radish and adjust cooking time based on the thickness of the slices.
12
Add eggplant and cook for 5-6 minutes.
13
Add fish sauce and remaining tomatoes, then add okra and string beans; cook for at least 3 minutes.
14
Add spinach stems and cook until soft, then add spinach leaves last and cook for just 1 minute.

Killer Beef Sinigang

Ingredients

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