Beef Tapa is dried or cured beef similar to beef jerky. Filipinos prepare thin slices of meat and cure it with salt and spices as a method of preserving it. Tapa is best fried or grilled, often served during breakfast with garlic rice (fried rice), fried egg and achara (pickled papaya strips) or spicy vinegar.
Other meats used to make tapa, before meats from wild animals such as carabao, wild boar deer were sundried and horse's meat.
There are several ways on how to cook beef tapa, it is depend on your preferences in serving the dish. For this presentation we use a clear plastic bag for the process of cooking. |
