Beef Pares is a meat dish served wit a pair of garlic fried rice and beef soup. The word "pares" is a Filipino word means pair. This delicious recipe is one of the well known foods in neighborhood karenderias, office and school canteens in the metro and always available in Tapsilogan and Pares houses.
Beef pares are cubed beef briskets cooked with different spices and tenderized to perfection and garnished with chopped spring onion.
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Good for serving: 4-6 persons
Ingredients for Beef Pares:
- 1/2 kilo beef brisket, cut into large cubes
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 small size onion chopped
- 1 small bundle spring onion, chopped
- 1-2 pcs. star anise
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- salt and pepper to taste
- cooking oil
For the Soup:
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1 small bundle spring onion, cut into 2” length
- 1 medium size onion, quartered
1/2
- head garlic, chopped
- 2-3 slivers of ginger
- 1 tsp peppercorns
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Cooking Instruction:
- Place the beef in a casserole pot, add enough water to cover the meat.
- Bring to a boil, let boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain the beef and discard the liquid, rinse meat off scum.
- Return the beef in to the sauce pan, add enough water for the soup for 4 to 6 servings.
- Add onion, garlic, ginger peppercorn and spring onion, add salt to taste.
- Then bring to a boil and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or 30-45 minutes if using pressure cooker or until the beef are tender.
- Separate the meat from the broth, keep aside meat. Keep hot until ready to serve.
- In a separate sauce pan sauté garlic and onion until fragrant. Add the boiled beef and stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add in the soy sauce, sugar and star anise, stir cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add in 1 1/2 cup of the broth bring to a boil and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Thicken sauce with cornstarch dissolved in 1/2 cup of water, cook for another minute or two.
- Serve with garlic fried rice and beef soup, garnish braised beef and soup with chopped spring onion.
- Share and Enjoy!
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Credit: Image source from: http://bungered.blogspot.com
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