Recipes with beef

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

Servings: 3 people

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

Servings: 4 people

Spaghetti and meatballs

An Italian-American dish, spaghetti and meatballs is comfort food for generations. I’ve cooked it so many times but I have to admit that it’s only recently that I found the real secret to the best meatballs for this dish. Lighter and bouncier meatballs. Not overbearingly dense. That’s how I like them.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Spicy beef kaldereta

One of the many tomato-based meat stews that evolved in Filipino cuisine after over three centuries of Spanish colonization, beef kaldereta (from the Spanish caldero or cauldron, the traditional pot for cooking stews) is a popular holiday dish in the Philippines.

Cook time: 2 30

Servings: 4 people

Beef stew a la House of Kimchi

Inspired by the soupy sweet and spicy beef stew served at the food court in a mall named in honor of boxer Muhammad Ali.

Cook time: 7 15

Servings: 6 people