Delicous Beef Kaldereta

One of my favorite Filipino dishes is the Kaldereta or Caldereta. It is a hearty meat dish using chevon (goat meat), beef, or pork combined with potatoes, carrots, tomato sauce, and liver spread or liver paste. This is a popular dish served during special occasions and a regular in every Filipino cookbook. My Family loves Beef Kaldereta and preparing something like this takes some time and patience but it is all worth the wait. I would recommend the presence of a pressure cooker though to save some time in making the meat tender.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs beef, cubed 
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped 
• 1 onion, finely chopped 
• 2 cups beef broth 
• 1 small red bell pepper, sliced 
• 1 small green bell pepper, sliced 
• 1 cup tomato sauce 
• ½ cup liver spread or liver paste (processed using blender) 
• 1 tsp. crushed chili or red pepper 
• 3 large bay leaves 
• 2 cups potatoes, sliced 
• 2 cups carrots, sliced 
• ¼ cup cooking oil 
• ⅔ cup green olives 
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

1. Heat the cooking oil in the cooking pot or pressure cooker. 
2. Sauté the onion and garlic. 
3. Add the beef. Cook for 5 minutes or until the color turns light brown. 
4. Add the dried bay leaves and crushed pepper. Stir. 
5. Add the liver spread. Stir. 
6. Pour-in the tomato sauce and beef broth. 
7. Cook the beef until it becomes tender (about 30 minutes if using a pressure cooker, or 1 to 2 hours if using an ordinary pot). 
8. Add potato and carrots. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes. 
9. Put the green olives and bell peppers in the cooking pot. Stir and continue to cook for 5 minutes more. 
10. Add salt and pepper to taste 
11. Serve Hot. Enjoy! 

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It's delicious and mouth watering.