Nilagang Baka (Beef Soup with Cabbage and Potatoes)
Nilagang Baka - beef simmered with onions and whole peppercorns for at least two hours and then potatoes and cabbage are added afterwards.
Course Soup
Cuisine Filipino
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 hourshours20 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 620kcal
Author Liza Agbanlog
Ingredients
2lbsbone-in beef shank, beef short ribs or beef brisket,cut into serving pieces
2medium onions,peeled and halved
1tspkosher salt
1tspwhole peppercorns
5medium size yellow potatoes,peeled and quartered
1medium green cabbage,quartered and cored
4piecesripe saba or plantain banana,peeled and cut in half (optional)
Fish sauce or salt to taste
Instructions
Put beef in a big pot and add enough water to cover it. Bring to a boil over high heat. Skim off scum that rises on the surface.
Add onion, salt and peppercorns. Reduce heat to medium, cover and let simmer for 2 hours or until meat is fork tender. Add more water as needed.
Increase heat to medium high. Add potatoes and cabbage and cook for 10 minutes. Add plantain banana, if using; cook for another 5 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.
Correct seasonings using fish sauce or salt. Serve hot with steamed rice and fish sauce with lemon juice on the side.