👨‍🍳First Time Cooking Kare-kare - Pinoy Recipe.

 

I’ve been longing for the taste of Kare-Kare recently. Kare-kare is a Philippine stew (kare derives from "curry") that features a thick savory peanut sauce. It is generally made from a base of stewed oxtail, beef tripe, pork hocks, calves feet, pig's feet or trotters, various cuts of pork; beef stew meat, and occasionally offal. Vegetables, such as include eggplant, Chinese cabbage, or other greens, daikon, green beans, okra, and asparagus beans, are added. The stew is flavored with ground roasted peanuts or peanut butter, onions, and garlic. It is colored with annatto and can be thickened with toasted or plain ground rice. Variations of kare-kare can be made with seafood, such as (prawns, squid, and mussels, or exclusively from vegetables.

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Condiments and other flavorings are usually added. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, ginisáng bagoóng (spiced and sautéed shrimp paste), and sprinkled with calamansi juice. Other seasonings are added to the table. Variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken.

Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta is not complete without kare-kare.

A more modern twist to the classic Filipino kare-kare uses a different dish as the main meat for this dish. Pork is one of the most economical and easiest meats to cook, the most common meats repurposed for kare-kare are Lechon (which is also used for Lechon Kawali) and Crispy Pata (Crispy Pork Shank.)

Honestly, I don’t know how to cook Kare-Kare. Thanks to the help of Panlasang Pinoy Vlog because it gives me step-by-step instructions on how to prepare such a savory dish.

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In addition, the reason why I am craving for Kare Kare ; because I watched this cooking vlog from a mother-son tandem; Olry and Mommy Lulu – famous tiktokers turned Youtubers

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In preparing my Kare-Kare Recipe, I used McCormick Kare-Kare Recipe Mix. It is a powder-packed with special blend of flavors including peanut and spices such as annatto, garlic, onion, and turmeric that impart flavor to meat dishes. I actually got it when I went to the grocery and just grab it.