Philippines

Kare-Kare

Name: Kare-Kare
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 1 kg Oxtail; 150 g Peanut butter; 3 tbsp Toasted rice flour; 200 g each Aubergine & green beans; 1 bunch Pak choi or water spinach; some of each Onion & garlic; to serve Bagoong (shrimp paste)

Filipino oxtail stew in peanut sauce

Kare-kare is a festive stew of Filipino cuisine, often rooted in the Pampanga region. Its hallmark is the thick peanut sauce.

Oxtail is braised meltingly tender, thickened with peanut and rice flour and served with vegetables; salty shrimp paste (bagoong) is served alongside.

Servings4

Time150 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Oxtail1 kg
Peanut butter150 g
Toasted rice flour3 tbsp
Aubergine & green beans200 g each
Pak choi or water spinach1 bunch
Onion & garlicsome of each
Bagoong (shrimp paste)to serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil the oxtail with onion until tender, keep the stock.
Fry onion and garlic, stir in the peanut butter.
Pour in the stock, thicken with rice flour.
Add the meat, let the vegetables cook through in it.
Serve with rice and bagoong.

Make it original

Peanut butter, rice flour and bagoong make kare-kare – in the Asia Boutique.

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