🇵🇭 How to Make Kare-Kare

Craving Kare-Kare? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Kare-Kare at home, in about 2 hrs 30 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 1kg oxtail, in sections
• 100g peanut butter
• 50g ground toasted rice
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 aubergine, 100g green beans, 1 bunch pak choi
• 2 tbsp annatto oil
• bagoong (shrimp paste) to serve

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Simmer the oxtail 2 hrs until it falls off the bone. Keep 1L of the cooking liquid.
2. Fry the onion and garlic in the annatto oil, which is what gives kare-kare its orange colour.
3. Stir in the peanut butter and ground toasted rice, then loosen with the reserved stock into a thick, velvety sauce.
4. Return the oxtail and simmer 15 min.
5. Add the vegetables and cook only until just tender — they should keep their colour.
6. Crucially, the stew itself is barely seasoned. The salt comes entirely from the bagoong served on the side.