Sinigang na Baka Recipe

How To Cook Sinigang na Baka Recipe

Sinigang na Baka Recipe - Sinigang is traditionally tamarind based. Other versions of the dish derive their sourness from ingredients such as guava, calamansi, balimbing, kamias, santol, batwan or batuan and raw mango among others. Vinegar is not used for making sinigang sour. A similar dish made with vinegar as the primary souring ingredient would tend to be categorized as paksiw in Philippine cuisine.

Sinigang is one of the most popular and well-liked by Filipinos, we cooked it with meat, fish and prawns or shrimp. In this Sinigang na Baka Recipe we used Beef Shanks and sinigang mix based on tamarind for sourness and we added gabi or taro root because it gives a texture and whitish color to the broth, we also added a lot of vegetables. To enhance the taste we add a little spice to this Sinigang na Baka Recipe by adding siling haba (long chili).

Sinigang na Baka Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 pound beef, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 quart water
• 2 large tomatoes, diced
• 1/2 pound fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
• 1/2 medium head bok choy, cut into 1 1/2 inch strips
• 1 head fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
• 1 (1.41 ounce) packagetamarind soup base

Directions:

1. Heat oil in medium stock pot. Saute onion and garlic until tender. Add beef to pot, and saute until browned. Pour in water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 25 to 30 minutes.
2. Place tomatoes and green beans in pot, and continue to simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in bok choy, broccoli and tamarind soup mix. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes.

Additional Trivia And Variation Of Sinigang

Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savoury taste most often associated with tamarind Filipino: sampalok. It is one of the more popular viands in Philippine cuisine, and is related to the Malaysian dish singgang.
While present nationwide, sinigang is seen to be culturally Tagalog in origin, thus the versions found in the Visayas and Mindanao may differ in taste mainly ginger is an additional ingredient. Fish sauce is a common condiment for the stew.

Sinigang sa Miso (Sinigang that uses Miso as the sour soup base)
Sinigang sa Bayabas (Sinigang that uses guava as the sour soup base)
Sinigang sa Mangga (Sinigang that uses unripe mango as the sour soup base)
Sinigang na Isda (Fish Sinigang)
Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)
Sinigang na Hipon (Shrimp Sinigang)
Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken with tamarind leaves) Source: Sinigang

Recipe Source: Kusina Master

Image Source: Knor

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