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Nilagang Baka
Nilagang Baka is the ultimate comfort food! Loaded with fork-tender beef shanks, tendon, and vegetables, this Filipino-style boiled soup is hearty and tasty.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs 10 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 346 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Soup
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef shanks, bone-in
- 1 pound beef tendons
- 8 cups water
- 1 large onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 teaspoon peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 corn, husked and cut into halves
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1 small cabbage, cut into wedges
- 12 green beans, ends trimmed
- salt to taste
- green onions, optional
Instructions
- In a pot, combine beef shanks, beef tendon, and water. Over medium heat, bring to a boil, skimming scum that floats on top.
- When clear of froth, add onions, peppercorns, and fish sauce.
- Lower heat, cover and cook at no more than a simmer for about 2 to 2 ½ hours or until shanks are tender and tendons are soft. Add more water as needed during cooking to maintain about 6 to 7 cups.
- Add corn and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add potatoes and cook for about 5 minutes or until almost tender.
- Add green beans and cabbage and cook for another 2 to 4 minutes or until vegetables are tender yet crisp.
- Season with salt to taste. Ladle into serving bowls and garnish with chopped green onions, if desired. Serve hot.
Cup of Yum
Notes
- Since beef tendons are tough and fibrous connective tissues, they are almost impossible to cut uncooked. Ask butcher to slice tendons into pieces or halfway during cooking and when tendons are soft enough to slice through, remove from pot, cut into serving parts and then return to pot to continue to cook.
Nutrition Information
Calories
346kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
21g
(7%)
Protein
39g
(78%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
88mg
(29%)
Sodium
642mg
(27%)
Potassium
1230mg
(35%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
235IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
66.2mg
(74%)
Calcium
137mg
(14%)
Iron
7mg
(39%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 346
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 346kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 39g | 78% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 88mg | 29% |
| Sodium | 642mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 1230mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 235IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 66.2mg | 74% |
| Calcium | 137mg | 14% |
| Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.