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How to Cook Bulalo

This is a recipe for bulalo or beef shank soup.

Difficulty Expert
Time 180 min
Servings 8
Ingredients 9
Steps 8
How to Cook Bulalo
Filipino Updated 7/10/2018

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 7.5 lbs beef shank
  • 1 knorr beef cube
  • 1 napa cabbage
  • 2 pieces sweet corn
  • 15 to 20 pieces long green bean
  • 4 yellow onion wedged
  • 1 tablespoon peppercorn
  • 3 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 12 to 15 cups water

Instructions

8 cooking steps

  1. Boil water in a large cooking pot.
  2. Add beef shank. Cover the pot and boil for 15 minutes.
  3. Scrape the scums out of the cooking pot. Add whole peppercorn and onion. Cover the pot. Continue to cook in low heat for 2 to 3 hours or until the beef becomes tender. Note: you can use a pressure cooker to tenderize the meat. It should only take around 45 minutes.
  4. Scoop the fats (oil) floating on top of the soup and discard.
  5. Add corn. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
  6. Add long green beans (Baguio beans) and season with fish sauce (patis).
  7. Arrange the fresh Napa cabbage (pechay baguio) on the serving bowl. Pour hot broth and arrange the beef shank, corn, and long green beans in the bowl.
  8. Serve hot. Share and enjoy!

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