Tapa

Name: Tapa
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 500g beef sirloin, thinly sliced; 1/3 cup soy sauce; 3 tbsp vinegar; 5 cloves garlic, minced

Tapa/TAH-pah/

Also known as: Filipino Cured Beef

About this dish

Thin strips of beef cured in soy sauce, garlic, and vinegar, then pan-fried until caramelized.

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Ingredients

🥩500g beef sirloin, thinly sliced

🍶1/3 cup soy sauce

🍶3 tbsp vinegar

🧄5 cloves garlic, minced

Method

Serves 2

Marinate the beef slices in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and sugar overnight.

Pan-fry the marinated beef until browned and caramelized.

Continue cooking until the sauce reduces and coats the meat.

Serve with garlic fried rice and a fried egg.

Garnish with extra garlic if desired.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tapa is a traditional Filipino cured beef, commonly served as part of a classic Filipino breakfast with rice and egg.

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