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Kare-Kare

Name: Kare-Kare
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 2 lbs oxtail; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 cup banana blossoms; 1 cup eggplant; 2 tbsp patis (fish sauce); 3 cloves garlic; 1 medium onion; 1 tbsp annatto seeds (achuete); 6 cups water or broth; to taste salt; 2 tbsp vegetable oil

Kare-Kare is a traditional Filipino stew known for its rich, savory peanut sauce and tender oxtail or beef tripe. It is a festive dish often served during special occasions and is culturally significant as a symbol of communal dining and Filipino culinary identity.

11 ingredients

savorynuttyumamirichslightly salty

Culinary DNA Preview

Filipino70%

Indigenous30%

Ingredients

oxtail
2 lbs
peanut butter
1 cup
banana blossoms
1 cup
eggplant
1 cup
patis (fish sauce)
2 tbsp
garlic
3 cloves
onion
1 medium
annatto seeds (achuete)
1 tbsp
water or broth
6 cups
salt
to taste
vegetable oil
2 tbsp

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Kare-Kare likely originated from pre-colonial Filipino cooking traditions, influenced by indigenous peanut-based sauces and later enriched by trade interactions introducing new ingredients and cooking styles.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Filipino70%

ingredients+techniques

Indigenous30%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

boiling sautéing simmering infusion

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