Beef Nilaga or Baka Recipe

How To Cook Beef  Nilaga or Baka  Recipe

Beef  Nilaga or Baka  Recipe - is a simple Filipino beef soup.There are many ways to prepare Nilagang Baka; this Nilagang baka recipe that I am featuring is probably the tastiest among the versions that I know because I used some sort of mirepoix to infuse flavor to the soup – I’m talking about the addition of onion, celery, and star anise in the initial step so that the soup will be flavorful even before we add the beef.

Cooking Nilagang Baka is really easy. However, you will need to be patient when you want to have the best possible result because it takes time to make the beef tender. I think that the wait is acceptable because boiling or simmering meat for long periods of time not also makes it tender, it also brings out the flavor, which makes the soup more tasty.
This Nilagang baka recipe makes use of both bok choy (or you can also use pechay) and cabbage. I thought that adding more greens will make it look appetizing and it would also be full of nutrients. The saba banana gives the soup a sweet delicious taste.

 Beef  Nilaga or Baka  Recipe Ingredients:

• 4 1/2 pounds beef short ribs
• 1 quart water
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, crushed
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 carrots, cut in chunks
• 2 stalks celery, quartered
• 1 chayote squash, peeled and quartered
• 2 potatoes, quartered
• salt to taste
• 1/4 head cabbage, cut into wedges

Directions:

1. Place the beef ribs in a large pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat, and boil for 5 minutes. Drain; discard the cooking water (the ribs will not be fully cooked).
2. Return the beef to the pot. Pour in the 1 quart water, peppercorns, onions, and beef bouillon. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Skim any fat floating on the surface. Stir in the carrots, celery, chayote, and potatoes; cover, and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Season with salt. Add cabbage and cook an additional 5 minutes.

Additional Trivia Info For Nilaga

The stew is a Filipino dishes . Is a synonym of the word stew was boiled . In making stew , the meat and vegetables are placed in boiling water and cooked over low heat. Usually tasteless broth except extract its elements . It also called kosido Spanish : cocido because it is kind of food heritage of the Filipinos from the Spaniards . But unlike the kosido , the stew of Filipinos had no approaches paggigisa .

It has different types according to the ingredient which puts it . It may be:

Beef Stew ( corn could provide if worn cow meat ingredient )
Pork leg stew
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