Beef Nilaga

Beef Nilaga

Beef Nilaga or Nilagang Baka is literally translated as “Boiled Beef”. This is a simple soup dish best served during rainy and cold weather. Have you noticed the similarity of this dish to that of the Bulalo and Beef Pochero?


Ingredients:

2 lbs beef brisket, cubed

1 big potato, cubed

1 bok choy or pechay

1 large Sweetcorn

1 large onion, chopped

2 medium sized carrots, chopped crosswise (w/ length of about 2 inches)

1 tbsp whole pepper corn

3 tbsp fish sauce (patis)

Cooking Procedure:

Saute the onion until texture becomes soft
Add-in the beef brisket and cook for about 5 minutes
Add the fish sauce and whole pepper corn then mix well
Pour-in the water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 to 2 hours (or 30 minutes if using pressure cooker)
Put-in the vegetables starting with the sweetcorn,potato and the carrots. Simmer for 5 to 7 minutes
Add the bok choy (Pechay). Cover the pot and turn off the heat. Let it stay for 5 minutes.
Serve hot.