I have read a lot of posts about the Ilokano recipe "imbaliktad", a delicious half-cooked beef or goat meat. There are already a lot of variations (or deviations) from the original dish.
When I and my family were in San Nicolas, a nearby town in Laoag City, I always cook this recipe for my kids and they love it. When there are occasions with relatives, they always ask fo this.
I have been cooking this dish for quite a long time and I thought of sharing this to anyone who loves Ilocano dishes.
What you need:
2 tgs vegetable oil
10 strips of non-hardening beef fat ( non sebo fat)
1/2 kilo of tender beef cut into thin strips
1/8 kilo of beef liver cut into thin strips
1 tbs of ginger, chopped or minched
1 cube beef broth (knorr or maggie)
1 pc onion, sliced
1/4 tbs vetsin
What to do:
Heat vegtable oil in a pan. Place the beef fat and fry till dark brown. Add the beef broth and let it dissoved in the oil. Add the beef, liver, ginger, vetsin and onion. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add salt or fish sauce (patis) to taste. Serve hot.
Enjoy!
Note: Adding "papait" (a bitter liquid extracted from cow or goat intestines) make this dish more authentic. But here in Pampanga where I live now, there are no "papait" anywhere to be found. So what I am doing to have that bitter taste, I slightly overcook the fat and brooth.
