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Balbacua Recipe

Balbacua is a delightful Filipino dish that is most popular in those areas of the Philippines. Just imagine Pochero and Kare Kare

Difficulty Expert
Time 180 min
Servings 6
Ingredients 16
Steps 4
Balbacua Recipe
Filipino Updated 3/23/2023

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 5 lbs cow trotter
  • 1 knorr beef cube
  • 1 lemongrass cut in 4 inch pieces
  • 1 bell pepper sliced
  • 3 tablespoons salted black bean
  • 1 green onion cut in 2 inch pieces
  • 3 jalapeno pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 8 ounces tomato sauce
  • 10 cups water
  • 2 teaspoons annatto powder
  • 5 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 knobs ginger crushed
  • fish sauce
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

4 cooking steps

  1. Heat oil in a pan. Sauté garlic, onion, and ginger until the onion softens. Set aside.
  2. Combine trotters, 10 cups water, ground black pepper, and lemongrass in a cooking pot. Let it boil. Adjust the stove to the lowest heat setting and then simmer for 3 hours or until the meat and fibers on the trotters soften.
  3. Remove the lemongrass. Add the annatto powder, sauteed aromatics (onion, garlic, and ginger), salted black beans, and Knorr Beef Cube. Continue cooking for 30 minutes.
  4. Add jalapeno, bell pepper, and green onions. Cook for 10 minutes.

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