Filipino Ground Beef Sinigang Food

BEEF SINIGANG RECIPE (SINIGANG NA BAKA)

Steps:

• Put the Beef and Onion in a pot.
• Pour water in a pot until the meat is barely covered bring to a boil then simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add the taro and chopped tomatoes, bring to a boil then simmer additional for 40 minutes.
• Add the Sinigang Mix and Okra then cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the spinach, season with pepper and fish sauce.
• Add Salt according to Taste.
• Serve Hot.

SINIGANG NA BAKA

Steps:

• Heat oil in medium stock pot. Saute onion and garlic until tender. Add beef to pot, and saute until browned. Pour in water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 20 to 30 minutes.
• Place tomatoes and green beans in pot, and continue to simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in bok choy, broccoli and tamarind soup mix. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes.

FILIPINO BEEF STEW (SINIGANG NA CARNE)

Steps:

• Saute onion, garlic, and tomatoes in hot oil in big pot until onion browns.
• Add beef, pork, and enough rice wash or cold water to cover the meat.
• Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer until meat is tender (1-2 hours).
• Add salt; bring to a boil for 10 minutes.
• Simmer, and add cabbage & radishes.
• Taste for seasonings and add salt & pepper if needed.
• Add more water if necessary and the string beans.
• Simmer until veggies are tender.
• Just before serving, add lemon juice.
• Serve with rice.

VEGETARIAN SINIGANG (FILIPINO TAMARIND OR SOUR SOUP)

Steps:

• Chop all vegetables. If you use chayote, just cut it in half from where the dip is. It's similar to a mango with the shape of the pit being flat, but the pit is soft unlike in a mango so there's no need to cut around it. Remove the pit/seed from the two halves. Dice, peeling is not necessary.
• A note about the tamarind soup mix: If you're vegetarian or sensitive to MSG check the ingredients on the packet. I think they all have MSG, and most have pork, fish or beef in them. I found tamarind broth cubes (listed as tamarind powder b/c Zaar doesn't recognize it) which have less of those things in them which is great, but the best is if you can find real tamarind. I have found both of these in Asian grocery stores in the US, though you can occasionally find them in the ethnic foods isle of a grocery store. If you're using tamarind remove the hard outer shell. The insides feel and sometimes smell like the insides of raisins or prunes. If the tamarind tastes sweet it's not going to give you the right flavor for the soup, but can still be close with kalamansi or lemon juice added. It should be a sour taste. Soak the tamarind pulp, seeds and all, in 1 cup of warm water. Mash this with a fork to remove most of the tamarind from the seeds. Fish out the seeds and the membranes and reserve the liquid to add after potatoes are cooked.
• Cook potatoes in water with a touch of salt for about 10 minutes, or until almost cooked through.
• Add remaining veggies and seasoning and cook 10-15 minutes more, or until veggies are cooked to desired consistency.
• Taste broth and adjust water and tamarind seasoning and salt to your liking. Keep in mind that if you're serving this with rice, as I always do, you probably want more intense flavors and a more stew like consistency.
• I typically double this recipe since it keeps well in the refrigerator and it gets eaten quite quickly even with just me and my husband. It is important to cook the potatoes before you cook the other veggies because the acid from the tomatoes and the tamarind mix prevent the potatoes from ever cooking through if you add them straight away. The quantities are still an approximation as I've never measured, so if you make this I'd love if you gave me feedback about your input on amounts of water, what seasoning you used etc.