This dish is a Filipino all-time favorite comfort food. In the Philippines, we eat this trio rain or shine, for breakfast, lunch or dinner and whether one is rich or poor. One can eat this combination in cheap eateries and high end restaurants. I specially liked tapsilog in Max's Restaurant - huge serving thus very filling and extremely satisfying. With one egg, one cup of rice and a few pieces of meat cost about Pesos50 (US$1). At Max's Restaurant, I think it was about Pesos200 (US$4) served with two eggs and plenty of meatm a huge bowl of fried rice and a little achara (picked unripe papaya).
My friends Letty and Tony's business is called Tapsi Plus. They have, as of last count, 7 branches of Tapsi Plus located at SM Malls, Festival Mall and BF Homes Paranaque.
I like their tapsi but I did not dare ask them their recipe - it's their trade secret. I made my own. I hope you try it and like it.
Beef Tapa
Beef Tapa
Ingredients:
1 kg. thinly sliced beef, paper towel dried
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
2-4 tbsp minced garlic
2-4 tbsp corn oil
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Cooking Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, put all the ingredients together except beef and oil. Mix well.
2. Add beef slices and make sure to coat all meat slices.
3. Marinate in room temperature for 1 hour or longer in the refrigerator.
4. In a large cooking pan or a wok, arrange meat slices making sure to spread it flat (uncurl). Put it all together, layering after layer of meat slices, all in together including the marinade sauce.
5. Cook in high heat till it starts to boil. Cook covered for 1 hour in low heat.
6. Check every 15 minutes and reverse and rotate position of the layers of meat.
7. After one hour, cook uncovered in medium heat till there are no more sauce left.
8. Add oil to the pan and fry in medium heat, all meat still all together, turning every so often so that all meat are lightly fried.
9. Serve hot with rice and vinegar or soy vinegar with minced garlic dipping sauce.
1 kg. thinly sliced beef, paper towel dried
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
2-4 tbsp minced garlic
2-4 tbsp corn oil
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Cooking Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, put all the ingredients together except beef and oil. Mix well.
2. Add beef slices and make sure to coat all meat slices.
3. Marinate in room temperature for 1 hour or longer in the refrigerator.
4. In a large cooking pan or a wok, arrange meat slices making sure to spread it flat (uncurl). Put it all together, layering after layer of meat slices, all in together including the marinade sauce.
5. Cook in high heat till it starts to boil. Cook covered for 1 hour in low heat.
6. Check every 15 minutes and reverse and rotate position of the layers of meat.
7. After one hour, cook uncovered in medium heat till there are no more sauce left.
8. Add oil to the pan and fry in medium heat, all meat still all together, turning every so often so that all meat are lightly fried.
9. Serve hot with rice and vinegar or soy vinegar with minced garlic dipping sauce.
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