Nothing beats eating tapa for breakfast. With garlic rice and fried egg, it’s a breakfast fit for anyone expecting a busy day. My beef tapa recipe is a mixture of pepper and sweetness the way I like my lean and tasty beef tapa to be. Remember to marinate overnight so that the seasonings seep well into the beef slices.
1 kilo beef sirloin, thinly sliced cut
1 1/2 Tablespoon + 1/2 teaspoon salt
7 Tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tsp. ground black pepper
2 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
3 1/2 tablespoon vinegar
1. Mix all ingredients.
2. Let stand for a few hours.
3. Depending on the size of your family, apportion the beef slices into plastic bags. In our case, we are a family of four. A pack of 3 plastic bags is enough.
4.. Store in freezer for 24 hours before cooking.
I usually add a little water in the kawali before frying the beef so that it comes out more tender. Others like their tapa as hard as rock or rubbery but I prefer mine tender to the bite.
Tapsilog From Rodic’s Diner | Pinoy Food, Filipino Cooking said
January 8 2008 @ 10:32 am
[…] Tapsilog as we know it was coined from the word Tapa (salt-cured beef ), sinangag (fried garlic rice) , Itlog (fried egg). Filipinos are so creative when labelling their dishes. My favorite tapsilog is the one served at Rodic’s Diner at the Shopping Center inside the UP Diliman campus. Tapsilog wasn’t the trend during my seventies UP days but Rodic’s Diner brought a respite to famished UP students who were bored eating the dorm’s University Food Service (UFS). When my daughter studied in UP, I rediscovered Rodic’s Diner’s and their new dishes especially Tapsilog . I enjoyed the lean and tasty beef tapa meal at such an affordable price. Now my two daughters are hooked. Their tapa is not the usual beef slices. It looks similar to the texture of corned beef but drier. There is a distinct flavor that is not common to other beef tapa recipe. Maybe star anise? (If you’re looking for a beef tapa recipe, here is my very own beef tapa recipe) […]
occupation: SAHM » Blog Archive » Homemade Beef Tapa said
July 3 2008 @ 7:17 am
[…] got the recipe from Noemi’s food blog but I varied it a little bit. I added a tablespoon more of garlic and soy sauce and had the beef […]
Jhoanne said
July 4 2008 @ 10:39 am
Hopped from Cess’ blog.
Interesting blog here. It’s all food!
Will it be OK if I link you up?