Beef Pares

Name: How to cook Beef Pares - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

蛟龍Stormwyrm

Beef Pares

This particular dish is a common one in the cheap street-side eateries around the Philippines. It is heavily Chinese-influenced from its use of spices. Pares (pa-RES) is the Filipino word meaning 'pair', and the dish got this name because it is typically served paired with garlic fried rice. 🇵🇭

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

3 hours

1/2 kg

beef cut into 1 cm cubes (brisket, flank, or short rib)

6 cloves

garlic, minced

medium onion, chopped

thumb ginger, sliced thin

star anise

1 tbsp

peppercorns

bay leaf

1 tsp

five spice powder or one more star anise

4 tbsp

soy sauce

2 tbsp

white vinegar

2 tbsp

sugar

2 tbsp

shaoxing wine (optional)

1 tbsp

corn starch or flour

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a cooking pot, cover the beef with water, and bring to a boil for five to ten minutes or until the meat is no longer red. Rinse the beef and the pot to remove all of the scum.

* Step 2

Add enough water back into the pot to cover the meat, and mix in the garlic, onion, ginger, star anise, peppercorns, bay leaf, five-spice powder, soy sauce, vinegar, and shaoxing wine (if using). Bring to a boil under medium heat. Mix in sugar. Reduce heat to low, and simmer gently until the meat is tender, roughly two hours.

* Step 3

When the onions have become transparent, taste the broth, and add in salt until the desired level of saltiness is achieved.

* Step 4

When the meat is tender, dissolve the corn starch or flour in 2 tbsp. of water. Stir into the broth, bring to a boil, and then return to a simmer until the broth thickens slightly, about five minutes.

* Step 5

To serve, take 1 cup of rice (garlic fried rice is usual, but plain steamed rice will do) and place several pieces of beef on top. Drizzle generously with broth, and garnish with toasted garlic and scallions. Usual condiments that go with this are soy sauce with calamansi (toyomansi), and chilli garlic paste.