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Beef Tinola
This is a recipe for Filipino Beef Tinola

- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ½ lb. beef chuck (paypay, cubed)
- 3 cups beef broth
- 5 cups water
- 1 small green papaya (wedged)
- 5 pieces long green chili pepper (optional)
- 2 cups spinach (or malunggay leaves)
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 3 thumbs ginger (cut into strips)
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce (patis)
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
Instructions
- 1
Heat oil in a pressure cooker.
- 2
Once the oil becomes hot, saute garlic and onion for 30 seconds.
- 3
Add ginger. Continue to cook until onion gets soft.
- 4
Put the beef chuck into the pressure cooker. Cook until brown.
- 5
Pour beef broth and water. Let boil.
- 6
Cover the pressure cooker and then pressure cook for 40 minutes.
- 7
Safely remove the cover and then add green papaya and long green chili peppers. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes.
- 8
Season with ground black pepper and fish sauce. Stir.
- 9
Turn the heat off. Add spinach (or malunggay leaves). Let the residual het cook the leafy greens for 3 minutes.
- 10
Transfer to a serving bowl. Serve hot.
- 11
Share and enjoy!