Kare-Kare (Oxtail and Vegetables in Peanut Sauce)
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
12 cups
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 4 lbs oxtails
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 10 cups water (enough to cover)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 Japanese eggplants, sliced
- 1 banana blossom, cleaned, sliced
- 1⁄2 lb long beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 4 baby bok choy, sliced
- 1 1⁄2 cups peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup cold water
- 2 tablespoons ground annatto seed (1 Mama Sita packet, atsuete with cornstarch)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
- bagoong
directions
- NOTE: Season as desired with salt and pepper at each stage. But season lightly: dish should be undersalted, since it will be eaten with salty bagoong.
- Place the onion and oxtail in a large pot. Add water to cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2.5 to 3 hours or until tender. (Or cook for 35 minutes in the pressure cooker at high pressure.).
- When preparing the banana blossom and eggplant, as you slice, put the pieces into water with a bit of lemon juice, to prevent them turning brown.
- Heat a big skillet or wok and add vegetable oil. Saute the garlic. Add the eggplant, banana blossom, and long beans; cook for 10 minutes. Add baby bok choy and cook for 5 minutes more, until vegetables are crisp-tender. Reserve vegetables.
- Remove meat from broth, keeping broth in pot. If desired, when cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones. Add meat to vegetable mixture; reserve.
- Add a little broth to the peanut butter; stir until well blended, adding more broth if necessary. Bring the broth to a simmer. In a bowl, combine annatto powder with cold water; mix until smooth; add annatto mixture to broth. Simmer, stirring, until sauce thickens and does not taste floury.
- Add meat and vegetables, and cook until heated through. Meat should be very tender; vegetables should be tender but not falling apart. If desired, add water to make more sauce.
- Serve with bagoong (fermented shrimp paste). I prefer the guisado (sauteed) kind, regular flavor (not sweet or hot).
- * NOTE * Fresh banana blossom should be large and dense, and feel tightly packed. * To clean: First take off the outer dark red bracts and accompanying tiny matchsticks (baby bananas!) -- these are inedible. Continue until you reach the pale pink/yellow inside and it's becoming difficult to peel apart. Cut off the inedible stem. Cut blossom into 1-inch slices, dropping into lemon water to prevent browning. Separate the blossoms (like you would leeks). If possible, let them soak for a little while, to remove any bitterness. * You can use the same water for the eggplant. *.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
cowpants13
Kingston, Washington