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Nilagang Baka (Filipino Beef Soup with Vegetables)
Nilagang Baka is a Filipino beef soup cooked until the meat is fork tender. Onions, potatoes, and cabbage that makes this simple soup healthy and flavorful.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 1+1/2 lb beef shank
- 6 cup water
- 1 big onion (- quartered)
- 10 pc peppercorn
- 1 big (or 2 small) potato (- peeled and cut into 4-6 pieces)
- 1 corn on the cob ((optional) - cut into 4 )
- 10 pc green beans (- ends cut)
- salt (- as needed)
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 stalk spring onions (- cut to inch-long pieces)
- 1/2 small cabbage (- cut into 4)
Instructions
- 1
Place beef shank in a pot. Add water, onion, and peppercorn. Bring to a boil at high temperature.
- 2
Once it starts to boil, cover the pot with a lid and lower temperature to low. Let the beef cook for 30 minutes to an hour or until it becomes tender. Cut the beef into serving size.
- 3
Add the potatoes, beans, and corn. Season with salt and fish sauce. Cook covered for another 10 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked.
- 4
Add the spring onions and cabbage and then turn off the heat. Cover with lid and let the vegetables cook for 2-3 minutes.
- 5
Serve hot.