Papaitan Baka Or Beef Papaitan Recipe

How To Cook Papaitan Baka Or Beef Papaitan  Recipe

Papaitan Baka Or Beef Papaitan  Recipe - Papaitan is one of the popular Ilokano dishes and the original recipe calls for goat internal organs. The reason why it is called “papaitan” is because the dish is bitter by using goat bile as one of the ingredient but just enough to make it tasty. Since goat internal organs are not always available in the market, you can substitute it with beef internal organs like this recipe I have here, the beef papaitan.

Although this soup is popular, one needs to develop and acquired taste to enjoy it. Once an acquired taste has developed, you will surely appreciate this dish without minding its components.
The first time that I tried this dish was in a “kambingan”. It is a type of restaurant that specializes in goat dishes. I did not like Papaitan at first because of the bitter taste. I was told that it will taste better if I squeeze-in some calamansi; well, it did. It is also best when served really hot.
This recipe that we have here makes use of cow parts. I chose to cook cow parts mainly because of the availability of ingredients in my area. If in case goat parts are available in your part of the world, you can use the goat equivalent of the ingredients.
Try this Papaitang Baka recipe and let me know what you think.

Papaitan Baka Or Beef Papaitan  Recipe Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo beef tripe
• 1/4 kilo beef, sliced thinly
• 1/4 cup beef bile or apdo
• 1 piece medium size onion, chopped
• 1 head garlic, minced
• 1 piece ginger, about 1 inch, sliced
• 2 pieces green chilies, sliced
• 2 pieces red chili pepper (siling labuyo)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon patis (fish sauce)

Directions:

1. Wash and mash the ox tripe with sea salt to remove the musky odor.
2. Boil the ox tripe in a big pot until tender then remove from liquid and cut into 1/2 inch cubes. Set aside.
3. Saute ginger, garlic and onion until cooked then add the ox tripe. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Stir fry for a few minutes then add some water, just enough to cover all theingredients.
5. Simmer and add the beef until cooked.
6. Drop the red chili peppers and green chilies and pour the bile little by little to prevent the dish from becoming too bitter. (You may adjust the quantity of the bile according to your taste preference.)
7. Season with fish sauce to taste.

Additional Trivia About Papaitan

Papaitan or pinapaitan is a stew of goat or ox tripes and innards flavored with bile and sampalok or siling labuyo. It derives its name from "pait" meaning bitter. It is most popular among Ilocanos, who are well-known for maximizing possible food sources for their cuisine, including innards. Source : Papaitan

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