Pinoy Recipe Kare Kare

Ingredients:

4 lbs oxtail, cut in cubes
1 1/3 pouch kare kare mix
4 tbsp peanut butter
2 tsp salt
12 cups water
a bunch book choy leaves (pechay)
a bunch long beans, cut 2 inches long (sitar)
3 eggplant, sliced diagonal
1/2 large onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic, sliced
cooking oil
bagoong alamang (sauteed shrimp paste)

How to cook kare kare:

1. In a pressure cooker, boil oxtail for about an hour or until tender.
2. Strain the boiled oxtail and keep the stock.
3. In a pot, saute garlic and onion in oil.
4. Add the oxtail. Stir fry for few minutes.
5. Then add the stock.
6. Pour the dissolved kare kare mix, peanut butter and salt.
7. Stir and simmer until sauce thickens.
8. Then add the eggplant and long beans. Simmer for 3 minutes. Stir occasionally.
9. Add the bok choy. Simmer for another 2 minutes. Do not overcook the vegetables.
10. Serve hot with steamed rice and alamang on the side.

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