Kare-Kare

Kare-kare is a popular stew in Philippines that is served on special occasions like Feast Days (fiesta), Birthdays and family gatherings. The dish's main ingredient is its peanut sauce mixed together with a variety of local vegetables and meat (usually ox tail or ox tripe). It's a bit pale in taste compared to other rich Philippine dishes that's why it is often always accompanied with a salty shrimp paste called bagoong.

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This dish probably had originated from Pampanga as it is really popular there and every household in the said province offer this as their specialty but some of them said that it has a Japanese influence as the name "Kare-Kare" is derived from the Japanese word "Kare" which is a Japanese word for curry.  The Japanese curry and Kare-Kare may have the same name, use beef as a main ingredient and a vibrant orange color but the similarity ends there as the ingredients that flavor this type of dish is different, the sauce is usually made out of ground peanuts or peanut butter, ground toast rice and annatto seed extract.  Now for this version we will be using beef ribs rather than ox tail or tripe so it will be more tolerable to those who wants to try this one, anyways the texture of the meat you get from the ribs nearly the same as the ox tail less the fat.  So if you love peanut butter or satay, try this stew that is made out of the ingredients you love, I know there are a lot of you out there who loves it.

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Source:  angsarap.wordpress.com