Kare-kare

Kare-kare is a Filipino stew of meat and vegetables in a peanut sauce. Lalaine Manalo’s recipe simmers oxtail until tender and reserves the broth. Toasted rice flour thickens the sauce, annatto gives it colour and peanut butter supplies its nutty base. Onion, garlic and fish sauce season the stew.^[1]

Banana blossom, aubergine, long beans and pechay are blanched separately before being added. Rice and sautéed bagoong shrimp paste accompany the dish. Other versions use stewing beef or tripe in place of oxtail.^[1]