Ground Beef Tapa

I was searching the web on what recipe I can use for the frozen ground beef I have, and saw something my sister pinned on Pinterest. It is called Korean beef with very minimal ingredients, and it says there on the recipe it was easy to do. So I went ahead and tried it, with a twist. I am not a big fan of ginger but I do find it essential in my cooking every now and then. And as always, I find it interesting experimenting with the recipe and trying something and see what I will come up with. So, I prepared all the ingredients, omitted the ginger on the recipe because I didn't have one, use calamansi juice/extract instead. I also replace the crushed pepper on the recipe and use a bit of tabasco sauce. And in my mind, I already knew how this dish will taste. It is my version of beef tapa, only I used ground beef instead of using tenderloin or sirloin. So, give it a try. Serve it with fried rice and egg even better. Ground beef tapa...my style.








 Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tbsp sesame oil

4-5 cloves minced garlic

1 tbsp calamansi juice or lemon juice

1/2 tsp tabasco sauce

salt to taste

1 tsp worcestershire sauce

spring onions for garnishing

Procedure

1. Put sesame oil on skillet over medium heat.

2. Saute minced garlic till it's golden brown.

3. Add ground beef and calamansi/lemon juice, keep stirring to break up chunks of meat. (You can drain the fat here.)

4. Add brown sugar, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, tabasco. Salt to taste.

5. Simmer for a few minutes to blend flavors.

6. Serve over steamed rice and garnish with spring onions.

***optional to make the Tapsilog

     Just add fried egg and fried garlic rice.