Beef Tapa Recipe

I tried this recipe from Market Manila, and I totally loved it!

For 1 kilo sliced beef (pound it a bit to "tenderize" it), add about 3-4 tablespoons of dark soy sauce or Kikkoman if you don’t have the dark stuff, about 8-10 smashed cloves of garlic (less if you aren’t a big garlic fan), a tablespoon or so of sugar, 3 tablespoons or more of rock salt (I used less) and some ground pepper. Mix well and put into plastic containers and let “cure” in the refrigerator for two days before frying up or putting in the freezer.

Note: Use rock salt, not iodized salt. if you only have Iodized salt, use less because it will taste very salty... yek.

I was unable to to take a picture of the end result... too much in a hurry to eat them! Hope you enjoy!

PS: Will try tapa with vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic, and sugar and will blog about the result.