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Recipes with beef

Beef (ox) tongue tacos with spicy mango salsa

Melt-in-the mouth slivers of beef tongue are lightly browned in butter, stuffed into corn tortillas and topped with sweet-spicy-tangy mango salsa.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Beef shank and bone marrow stew

Beef shank and bone marrow stew

Browned beef shank is tenderized in the slow cooker then transferred on the stovetop where the meat joins vegetables and tomato sauce to make this warming cold weather stew.
Cook time: 6 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Beef lo mein with mushrooms and broccoli

Chow mein with beef, mushrooms and broccoli

Ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook, this noodle dish is flavored with garlic, ginger, soy sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, Chinese black vinegar and Japanese Worcestershire sauce.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Meatballs sandwich (sub) with mozzarella served with fries and tomato sauce for dipping

Meatballs (sub) sandwich with mozzarella

It starts with a mini baguette that’s toasted, split in half and stuffed with meatballs coated generously with tomato sauce. A thick slice of mozzarella is arranged on top of each meatball before the whole package goes into the oven just long enough to melt the cheese and heat the meatballs through. Tiny basil leaves are dropped in before the meatball sandwich is served.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
Oxtail kare-kare

Oxtail kare-kare

A special occasion dish in the Philippines, kare-kare is a stew of meat and vegetables in a peanut-based sauce. Traditionally, beef offal (organ meat) is the meat of choice. A medley of tripe, intestines, tail, face… We like oxtail.
Cook time: 9 hours hours
Servings: 4 people
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