Beef Kaldereta

Beef Kaldereta Recipe

Beef stewed in tomato with potato, carrot, olives, bell peppers, and liver spread. This dish is popularly known as Kaldereta.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs beef cubed
• 3 pieces garlic cloves crushed and chopped
• 1 piece onion finely chopped
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1 piece red bell pepper sliced
• 1 piece green bell pepper sliced
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• ½ cup liver spread processed using blender
• 1 teaspoon chili flakes
• 3 pieces dried bay leaves
• 2 cups potatoes sliced
• 2 cups carrots sliced
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• ⅔ cup green olives
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Heat the cooking oil in the cooking pot or pressure cooker.
• Sauté the onion and garlic.
• Add the beef. Cook for 5 minutes or until the color turns light brown.
• Add the dried bay leaves and crushed pepper. Stir.
• Add the liver spread. Stir.
• Pour-in the tomato sauce and beef broth.
• Cook the beef until it becomes tender (about 30 mins if using a pressure cooker, or 1 to 2 hours if using an ordinary pot).
• Add potato and carrots. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Put the green olives and bell peppers in the cooking pot. Stir and continue to cook for 5 minutes more.
• Add salt and pepper to taste

KALDERETANG BAKA (Rjb version)   

Ingredients:

1 kilo beef, cubed 3 garlic cloves, crushed & chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 4 cups water 3 pcs potato, sliced 1 pc carrots, sliced 1 pc bell pepper, cut into strips

Tomato sauce (original) 250g or paste Liver spread (85g x 2) Laurel, 3 large leaves Siling Haba, 3 pcs Cooking oil Pepper, Salt or patis for seasoning Sugar (optional)

Directions:

1.       Saute garlic and onions, then add the beaf, laurel and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil, then simmer. While simmering, stir and add water if sauce is drying up.

2.       Add salt or patis, and continue simmering until meat is tender.

3.       Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes.

4.       Add the carrots, potatoes, bell pepper and sili. Simmer for 5 minutes.

5.       Add salt & pepper and sugar (optional) to taste.

Alternative: Chicken Caldereta