Easy Beef Salpicao Recipe

This easy Beef Salpicao recipe is basically a Filipino dish.  Even with the foreign-sounding name, many will think that this must be Portuguese cuisine introduced during the times when the Philippines was a colony of Spain.  According to the sausage wiki, salpicao is a traditional Portuguese sausage which by the way the dish is not. The Filipino Beef Salpicao is a garlicky stir-fried dish.

Salpicao (Portuguese) is a beef or pork sausage flavored with garlic and paprika.  Salpicado (salpicar), on the other hand, is a Spanish word that means splatter, sprinkle, dabble, or pepper.  Since the dish is splattered with lots of garlic, could salpicao be just a derivative of salpicado?

Beef salpicao is very delicious.  It is salty and sweet with the smell and taste of garlic.  It is as if the flavor was produced by too many spices although salpicao has very few ingredients that are readily available anywhere. It is a quick stir-fry dish with a very simple and uncomplicated cooking process.  It is a perfect main dish but is also good as cocktail food, what we call in the Philippines as “pulutan” (appetizer taken with alcohol, like beer).

As a main dish, Beef Salpicao could be paired with Buttered Corn and Carrots.

Recipe for Easy Beef Salpicao:

Easy Beef Salpicao Recipe

Recipe by Yummy FoodCourse: Main, AppetizersCuisine: FilipinoDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Total time

40

minutes

Beef salpicao is very delicious.  It is salty and sweet with the smell and taste of garlic.

Ingredients

• 1 kilo beef sirloin, cut into 1-inch cubes

• 1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce

• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 1 tsp brown sugar

• 1/4 tsp red chili pepper flakes

• 2 tbsp butter

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 head garlic, peeled and minced

• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• Combine beef, salt, and pepper. Marinate for about 10 minutes.
• Combine Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, and red chili pepper flakes. Whisk until sugar is dissolved. Set aside.
• In a cast-iron wok over medium heat, add butter and oil. When butter begins to melt, add garlic. Cook, stirring regularly, for about 1 minute or until garlic lightly browns.
• Increase heat to high and stir garlic continuously to prevent it from burning. Add beef and spread it across wok when the wok is very hot. Allow to sear for about 1 to 2 minutes and then turn to sear on other side.
• Add Worcestershire-soy sauce mixture and continue to cook, stirring regularly, for about 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.

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