Beef Mechado
Beef Mechado

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Fill Your Cart With Color today! Beef Mechado is a type of Filipino beef stew. It is cooked in a tomato-based sauce along with cubed potato. The sauce can be made from chopped ripe tomato or canned tomato sauce.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook beef mechado using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Beef Mechado:
  1. Prepare 1 kilo beef sirloin
  2. Prepare Salt and pepper
  3. Make ready 1 whole red bell pepper
  4. Take 2 big sliced tomatoes
  5. Make ready 4 medium size potatoes sliced
  6. Prepare 2 carrots medium sliced
  7. Make ready 3 teaspoon sugar
  8. Prepare 3 tablespoon soy sauce
  9. Make ready 1 big can tomato sauce
  10. Prepare 4 teaspoon tomato paste
  11. Take 4 cloves garlic crushed
  12. Get 1 whole onion sliced
  13. Prepare 2 cups water
  14. Take 1/2 size lemon
  15. Take 4 bay leaves

It is traditionally made of beef chunks paired with pork fat strips, potatoes and carrots, along with a thick sauce made out of tomato, soy sauce, and other seasonings. Beef Mechado or Mitsado is a classic Filipino dish greatly influenced by the Spanish way of cooking that was taught to our ancestors during their time here in the Philippines. As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time. Cheaper but very lean cuts are what most can afford.

Instructions to make Beef Mechado:
  1. Marinate beef with salt and pepper and put lemon juice into it. Let it stand about a minute to absorb the juice.
  2. In a deep pan place the beef chunks, soy sauce, garlic and bay leaves. Pour the water in and bring to boil.
  3. Cover and simmer on low and cook until the beef chunks are tender for about 1-1 1/2 hours
  4. When the beef is tender add potatoes, carrots and onions. Cook for another 10-15 mins until the potatoes and carrots are almost cooked
  5. Add chopped bell peppers and tomato sauce. Stir, cover and cook until all the vegetables are tender. You can cook it uncovered if you wish a thicker sauce. Adjust seasong with sugar, soy sauce, tomato paste, salt and ground pepper to taste. (to balance out the flavors) Simmer for about 5-10 mins.
  6. Ready to serve! Enjoy!

As marbled beef, prized for their tenderness, juiciness, and flavor, were too expensive for most people at this time. Cheaper but very lean cuts are what most can afford. Beef Mechado, a dish born during the islands' Spanish colonial era, is one of the most popular dishes on the Philippine table. Mechadong baka is beef stew in tomato sauce, potatoes and carrots. A Filipino dish very similar to kalderatang baka and I always can't tell the difference between the two when I see these dishes.

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