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Beef Pochero

December 17, 2018 by Manny 6 Comments

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Beef pochero is one of the varieties of pochero. The original pochero recipe use pork as the main ingredient and it is one of the well known Filipino dishes. Although beef pochero also use the rest of the ingredients as the original pochero: cabbage, pechay, baguio beans, sweet potatoes or potatoes, tomato sauce and spices, there are also variation of how the saba bananas or plantain bananas are prepared. Some recipes fry the bananas first before adding in the dish but some just throw in the raw bananas in the pot while cooking. If you don’t eat pork, then this beef pochero is the best alternative of pork pochero.

To cook beef pochero; Boil the beef in a pot with water, salt and pepper until tender. You can use a pressure cooker to speed up the cooking time. In a deep pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion. Put the boiled beef and include about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the broth. Then add the bananas and sweet potatoes, cover and simmer at least 5 minutes. Then add the tomato sauce and cover again an simmer or a few minutes. Add the baguio beans and let it cook for a while then follow the cabbage and pechay. Season with salt, pepper and sugar according to your preferred taste.

 

Beef Pochero
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How To Cook Beef Pochero

Beef pochero is one of the varieties of pochero. The original pochero recipe use pork as the main ingredient and it is one of the well known Filipino dishes.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time1 hr
Total Time1 hr 30 mins
Course: Beef Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Servings: 6 to 8 servings
Calories: 278kcal
Author: Manny

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo Beef slice into bite size pieces
  • 1 small pack tomato sauce about 1/2 cup
  • 1/2 small cabbage quartered
  • 1 bunch pechay
  • 100 grams baguio beans
  • 5 pcs bananas saba variety, sliced into 2 pcs each
  • 2 pcs medium size sweet potato kamote or potatoes, quartered
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1/2 head garlic crushed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • sugar to taste

    Instructions

    How To Cook Beef Pochero:

    • Boil the beef in a pot with water, salt and pepper until tender.
    • You can use a pressure cooker to speed up the cooking time.
    • In a deep pan, heat oil and saute garlic and onion.
    • Put the boiled beef and include about 1 to 1 & 1/2 cups of the broth.
    • Then add the bananas and sweet potatoes, cover and simmer at least 5 minutes.
    • Then add the tomato sauce and cover again an simmer or a few minutes.
    • Add the baguio beans and let it cook for a while then follow the cabbage and pechay.
    • Season with salt, pepper and sugar according to your preferred taste.
    • Serve hot.

     

    Beef Pochero

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    Comments

    1. Marihya

      February 15, 2017 at 3:36 am

      I absolutely admire this dish. Because I’m a Filipino Muslim and loves to cook different dishes but no pork. I love to try this pochero beef recipe. It’s so delightful. Thanks Manny

      Reply
      • Manny

        February 15, 2017 at 6:36 am

        5 stars
        Hi Marihya, you are very welcome and thanks for visiting this blog. I hope you like this version of pochero.

        Reply
    2. Leah

      December 17, 2016 at 12:11 am

      I love Beef Pochero. My version was bit soupy as I prepared it through imagination. I searched for its authentic Pinoy recipe, and I found yours. I live in Australia, and I just bought frozen Saba because I’m craving for Pochero. I’ll try your recipe. Looks delicious!

      Reply
      • Manny

        December 20, 2016 at 12:39 am

        5 stars
        Hi Lea, good luck on your cooking and I hope that you will like the taste of this version of pochero!

        Reply
    3. Manny

      January 14, 2016 at 9:12 pm

      5 stars
      You are welcome. Thanks for dropping by.

      Reply
    4. Sophia

      January 14, 2016 at 1:59 am

      5 stars
      Glad I found this beef pochero recipe. I’m abstaining from pork this week so this is a good alternative to pork pochero. Thanks!

      Reply

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