Tuesday, November 27, 2012

HOW TO COOK BISTEK (BEEF STEAK)


How To Cook Bistek (Beef Steak) – I have shared with you my Bistek recipe before using beef tenderloin but others don’t like the idea of only the people who can afford beef tenderloin are the ones who can eat this dish. Well, that is not true. Let’s say we can’t afford to buy beef tenderloin, or at least we can but we don’t want to spend little extra for it, does that mean we can’t eat beef at all? I don’t agree with them because beef tenderloin is not the only very beef in this world like for example we can buy beef spare ribs in way cheaper price. That’s how I cmae up with the idea of using spare ribs in cooking Beef Steak. I just want to remind you that make sure you’re going to pre-cook the ribs in a pressure cooker to make it tender. Here is how to cook Bistek (Beef Steak) using spare ribs:


Ingredients
1 kilo of Beef spare ribs (cut into serving pieces)
½ cup of low sodium soy sauce
6 cloves of garlic (minced)
3 medium size onions (sliced into rings)
1 teaspoon of ground pepper
½ cup of calamansi extract (lemon extract will do)
Cooking oil
½ cup of spring onions (chopped)

Cooking Procedure
1.      In a bowl, combine soy sauce, pepper, garlic and beef.
2.      Leave to marinate and refrigirate for 4 hours.
3.      After 4 hours, remove the marinade and drain the beef.
4.      Boil the ribs in a pressure cooker to make it tender.
5.      In a pan, heat oil and fry the beef until the beef is cooked.
6.      Pour into the same pan the marinade and calamansi extract.
7.      Stir a little and simmer until the sauce is thickened.
8.      Put in the serving plate.
9.      Add spring onions over the beef and garnish with spring onions.
10.  And serve.
 
Try this video of Bisktek tutorial.
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HOW TO COOK BISTEK (BEEF STEAK)

HOW TO COOK BICOL EXPRESS 2


How To Cook Bicol Express –In August this year, I shared with you this dish recipe using pork. That is the very simple and traditional recipe of my Bicol Express. But many of us would not want to spend little extra for the pork because of the financial issues they have on so I tried to find ways to cook Bicol Express in a cheaper way but would not ruin the taste of this dish. In this recipe I am going to share with you is simple but not very common because instead of using pork, we are going to use the canned meatloaf. Canned goods like meatloaf is cheaper than the fresh ones yet easier to prepare so busy moms out there could spend more time looking after their kids. I’d like to remind you that this dish is very hot and spicy so I want to remind you to be careful and check the hotness before serving this dish. Here is how to cook Bicol Express using canned meatloaf:

Ingredients
1lb of canned meatloaf (cut into about ¼ inch x ¼ inch cubes)
¼ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup garlic (minced)
¼ cup onions (chopped)
¼ cup ginger (chopped)
1 tsp red chili (siling labuyo or taiwan)
1 cup of red bell pepper (cut into strips)
½ cup of juvenile shrimp paste (alamang)
2 cups of coconut milk (instant or powder will do)
Salt and pepper to taste


Cooking Procedure
  1. In a pan, saute garlic, onions and ginger until garlic is brown.
  2. Add the meatloaf. Stir fry until the meatloaf is brown.
  3. Add shrimp paste and red chili and stir.
  4. Pour in the coconut milk. Let it boil until thickened.
  5. Add the red bell pepper, groud pepper and salt. Simmer until the bell pepper is cooked.
  6. And serve with your favorite beverage or beer.
Try this video of Bicol Express tutorial:
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Video source: www.youtube.com



 HOW TO COOK BICOL EXPRESS 2