Beef Kaldereta

November 27, 2018

Level Easy

Preparation Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Serves 4

How often have you cooked beef kaldereta?
Cooking it for Spinneys is the first time I’m making it!

Is this your mother or grandmother’s recipe?
Neither. It’s actually my father’s recipe. He always makes beef kaldereta for us.

When is this dish usually made?
It is a very popular dish during Christmas in the Philippines, but it is also made on other special occasions.

Have you told your father that you’re cooking this dish?
No! I’m waiting to see the final product before I tell him.

PHOTO BY Efraim Evidor

RECIPE BY Gina Duldulao

FOOD STYLING BY Lydia Wessels

INGREDIENTS

6 tbsp cooking oil

1 small green bell pepper, sliced

1 small red bell pepper, sliced

2 medium carrots, sliced

1 large potato, sliced into cubes

3 cloves garlic, crushed

1 medium yellow onion, chopped

900g beef chuck, cut into cubes

1 can tomato sauce

1 ½ cups water

1 beef stock cube

5 tbsp duck liver spread

spinneysFOOD Salt and Pepper, to taste

¼ tsp red pepper flakes

1
Heat a pan or wok and then add 3 tbsp of cooking oil to it. Stir-fry the bell peppers for 3 minutes. Remove the peppers and set aside
2
Using the oil in the pan (add more if required), fry the carrots and potato for 3-5 minutes. Put these onto a plate and set aside
3
Heat the remaining oil in a clean pot
4
Sauté the garlic and onion
5
Add the beef. Cook until it turns light brown
6
Pour in the tomato sauce and water. Bring it to a boil
7
Add the beef stock cube. Stir. Cover the pot. Continue to cook on low heat for 1 hour or until the beef gets tender. Add more water if needed
8
Stir in the liver spread, then add some salt and pepper
9
Put the pan-fried potato and carrots into the pot. Stir. Add the bell peppers
10
Cover the pot. Continue to cook for 5 minutes
11
Add the red pepper flakes. Stir and cook for an additional 3 minutes
12
Transfer to a serving plate