Filipino
Sinigang na Baka (Beef Sinigang)
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Sinigang na Baka (Beef Sinigang) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Combine the beef and water in a large pot, bring to a boil, and skim any foam.
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Cover and simmer until the beef is nearly tender, about 2 hours.
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Add the taro and radish and simmer until the taro begins to break down and thicken the broth, about 20 minutes.
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Stir in the tamarind paste, long beans, and green chili, and simmer 8 minutes.
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Season with the fish sauce, fold in the kangkong, and serve hot with rice.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sinigang na Baka (Beef Sinigang), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sinigang na Baka (Beef Sinigang) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 480 mg
- Saturated fat
- 16 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Sinigang na Baka (Beef Sinigang) takes about 150 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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