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Tapsilog (Marinated Beef, Egg and Fried Rice)

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
To make tapa for my tapsilog, yakiniku-cut beef is seasoned a la salpicao and fried just until lightly caramelized. Off the heat, chopped raw onion is tossed in. The onion bits cut through the fattiness and add a light crunch to the tapa.
To give the garlic fried rice a brighter color, turmeric is added.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Marinating time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 20 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 3 people
Tapsilog (beef, egg and rice)

Ingredients
  

Tapa

  • 500 grams yakiniku-cut beef
  • 2 tablespoons finely minced garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 tablespoons liquid seasoning I used Knorr — I do not recommend substituting soy sauce
  • cooking oil for frying
  • 1 small onion peeled and roughly chopped

Garlic turmeric fried rice

  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil use some of the oil in which the tapa was cooked
  • 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 2 to 3 cups cooked rice (see notes after the recipe)
  • salt to taste

To serve

  • 3 eggs fried sunny side up

Instructions
 

Marinate the beef

  • Cut the yakiniku beef into half-inch strips.
  • Place the beef in a bowl, and mix in the garlic, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and liquid seasoning.
    Marinating thinly cut beef
  • Transfer the beef to a container with a tight cover and leave in the fridge to marinate overnight.

Cook the tapa

  • Heat enough oil in a frying pan to reach a depth of about one-fourth inch.
  • Spread the marinated beef on the hot oil and leave to cook for about a minute before stirring to up the pieces.
    Frying marinated beef
  • Cook, stirring often, until the edges of the beef are lightly caramelized.
  • Scoop out the tapa, transfer to a bowl and toss in the chopped onion.
    Adding raw onion to cooked beef

Cook the garlic turmeric fried rice

  • Pour off the oil and rendered fat from the pan leaving only two tablespoonfuls (or transfer the required amount of oil and rendered fat into a clean pan) and reheat.
  • Saute the garlic and turmeric powder until fragrant and lightly browned.
    Making fried rice with garlic and turmeric
  • Turn up the heat, add the rice, sprinkle in salt and stir fry until the rice is heated through.

Assemble the tapsilog

  • Ladle rice on a plate.
  • Spoon the tapa a la salpicao around it.
  • Arrange an egg on top of the rice.

Notes

Cooked rice is NOT newly-cooked rice. It is a bad idea to make fried rice out of rice that has not been allowed to dry up. Using day-old rice which has chilled in the fridge overnight is ideal.
Keyword Beef