Adobong Mani

Adobong Mani

Ingredients

• 1½ to 2 lbs raw shelled peanuts (with or without skin)
• 1 head garlic, cloves halved
• 2 teaspoons, salt
• 2 cups cooking oil

Cooking Instructions

1. Heat a cooking pot then pour-in cooking oil.
2. When the oil is hot, put-in the garlic and fry until the color turns golden to medium brown.
3. Remove the garlic and set aside.
4. Adjust the heat to low then fry the peanuts while stirring occasionally. This should take about 10 to 14 minutes.
5. Take the peanuts out of the cooking pot and drain excess oil using a sieve.
6. Transfer the peanuts to a mixing bowl. Share and enjoy!

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Kare-Kare

Kare-Kare

Meat

• 1 oxtail
• 1 ox leg
• 1 ox tripe

Vegetables:

• 2 medium sized eggplant cut in small pieces
• 1 banana heart sliced diagonally (optional)
• 1 bunch of pechay or baby bok choy
• 1 bunch of sitaw (snake/string beans)
• 1/2 head of cabbage

Other Ingredients :

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 4-5 cloves of garlic, minced or chopped
• 1 big onion sliced thinly
• 3 tablespoon cooking oil

 

Cooking Instructions:

1. Wash the ox tail, legs and beef. Cut into serving pieces. Place in a heavy saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, remove the scums as it rises, cover, add more water if you need to. Kare kare is better if the meat is tender. Let simmer until the meat is tender this will take about 1-2 hours.
2. Transfer the meat into a plate or a bowl and let it cool, set aside the stock.
3. In a large caserrole put the cooking oil to saute the garlic and onion in about 30 seconds.
4. Put the meat in the skillet and continue mixing.
5. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil for another 10 minutes.
6. Add the vegetables.
7. In a small bowl, stir the peanut butter with about 1/2 cup of stock and pour it in the caserrole. Stir to blend well. Cook for another 5-10 minutes until the sauce is thick.
8. Serve hot with bagoong alamang and boil rice.

Note:

• Don’t over cook the vegetables, you can also cook or blanch the vegetables separately in a caserrole and them mix it when the dish is about to be served.
• Traditionally, annatto (achuete) seeds are added to redden the dish. Annato seed are now also available in powder form.

Kare Kare

Kare Kare

• 1 kilo of beef (round or sirloin cut) cut into cubes, beef tripe or oxtail (cut 2 inch long) or a combination of all three (beef, tripe and oxtail)
• 3 cups of peanut butter
• 1/4 cup grounded toasted rice
• 1/2 cup cooked bagoong alamang (anchovies)
• 2 pieces onions, diced
• 2 heads of garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons atsuete oil
• 4 pieces eggplant, sliced 1 inch thick
• 1 bundle Pechay (Bok choy) cut into 2 pieces
• 1 bundle of sitaw (string beans) cut to 2" long
• 1 banana bud, cut similar to eggplant slices, blanch in boiling water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 8 cups of water
• Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a stock pot, boil beef, tripe and oxtails in water for an hour or until cooked. Strain and keep the stock.
2. In a big pan or wok, heat oil and atsuete oil.
3. Sauté garlic, onions until golden brown, then add the stock, toasted rice, beef, oxtail and peanut butter. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. 
4. Add salt to taste.
5. Add the eggplant, string beans, pechay and banana bud. Cook the vegetables for a few minutes - Do not overcook the vegetables.

Kare-kare

Kare-kare

• 1 1/2 kgs. oxtail (cut in 2 inch slices) you an also use tripe
• 1 small banana flower bud (sliced)
• 1 bundle of pechay or bok choy
• 1 bundle of string beans (cut into 2 inch slices)
• 4 pcs eggplants (sliced)
• 1 cup ground peanuts
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup shrimp paste
• 1 Liter water
• 1/2 cup annatto seeds (soaked in a cup of water)
• 1/2 cup toasted ground rice
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• salt and pepper

Cooking Instructions:

1. In a large pot, bring the water to a boil
2. Put in the oxtail followed by the onions and simmer for 2.5 to 3 hrs or until tender (35 minutes if using a pressure cooker)
3. Once the meat is tender, add the ground peanuts, peanut butter, and coloring (water from the annatto seed mixture) and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes
4. Add the toasted ground rice and simmer for 5 minutes
5. On a separate pan, saute the garlic then add the banana flower, eggplant, and string beans and cook for 5 minutes
6. Transfer the cooked vegetables to the large pot (where the rest of the ingredients are)
7. Add salt and pepper to taste
8. Serve hot with shrimp paste. Enjoy!