Bulalo
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Bulalo is the marrow in the bone of the beef shank. The dish bulalo is simply boiled bone-in beef shank served with a variety of vegetables. A simple dish to prepare, really; but the flavorful broth and the texture of the meat makes it a treat.
Beef shank is locally known as kenchi. It can be bought boneless or bone-in. With the bone, it is called bulalo. Prized for the delicous bone marrow, bulalo is not recommended for those with high cholesterol or those watching their fat intake. Even for the lucky ones like my family, bulalo is not an everyday dish. It is more of a once-every-two-or-three-months meal for health considerations.
In classy restaurants, bulalo commands a high price. In the province of Batangas where selling beef and beef by-products is a major means of livelihood, roads are lined with restaurants and small eateries with bulalo as a specialty. In Makati City, there is a small eatery called Soseng’s–a sidewalk affair actually–where one finds yuppies and businessmen having a lunch of hot bulalo. Street parking is a common problem. There was one time when we had to park two streets away and wait for a vacant table for several minutes. That is how popular bulalo is among the Filipinos.
The secret is in the very tender meat. To get the most out of beef shanks, choose the upper part of the shank which has more meat.
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try putting si-bot in your bulalo, a japanese wild herb that blends and add a gud oozing taste in your bulalo.
Oooh, I new new twists to old dishes. I’ll look out for that one. Thanks.
tastes really good!but where can we can si-bot?got to try that one
everytime i cook bulalo I come back here… this is my electronic cookbook… lol
i’m still looking for it myself, jell.
mell, a toast to bulalo!
hi can u send me more classic menu,b-fast,lunch dinner dessert soup, drinks?salamat po
Agapito, there is a subscription service on the side panel. You can use that if you wish.
i want to take my hubby to sosengs this weekend… where is this exactly?
Dian Street, ice.
hi!
i want to cook bulalo batangas style…what are the ingredients?
pls help…..
anybody in there…………….
i didnt try it yet but im gonna do it soon. i hope you can have a sending part so i can send it to my sister abroad.
louellen, why not just send the URL? The “e-mail to a friend” function kasi is so prone to abuse by SPAMMERS.
this bulalo recipe seems to be yummy.i’m gonna give it a try over the weekend.
hi there! i was just browsing and i came accross on ur website by accident. I’m so glad i did for it was the best site ever. It brought back so many good yummy food memories back home. The best thing about this is so clear and easy to follow. Not to mention the pictures…. gosh…. what can i say, they’re so enticing! This definitely would mark in my favorites. Thank You Much!:wink:
I was looking for your bulalo recipe in google and happened to see a word for word copy of your recipe I thought you have a new site, do you?
julie, the only new site is pinoyfooftalk.com and the bulalo recipe was not reproduced there. however, i did find the content thief via google and sent a notice already. thanks for the tip.
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wow what a pinoy foods, thxs for making that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hi to edward,hannah,enna,emy and yani
Nakita ko po tong bulalo recipe mo sa isa pang site… Nagpaalam ba sayo?
http://domengxtreme.multiply.com/recipes
Cooking is also my passion and Bulalo is definitely a favorite. Eating too much of bulalo or bone marrow can be damaging to your heart and it’s a NO NO if you have high blood pressure. So be careful with your diet.
connie, have you tried putting corn on the cob? yung friend ko pg me handaan kami bulalo lagi daladala at nilalagyan nya ng corn. malinamnam yung soup.
with si-bot naman, narinig ko to sa mga chinese dishes. nilalagay nga nila to sa soup nila. ang lam ko nga e its an aprodisiac e, dunno if its true.
Happy Joy, daming magnanakaw sa Multiply.
Beng, in my nilagang baka, yes (which is basically the same except for the bone marrow).
I commented re: si-bot before but for some reason it wasn’t published. Si-bot is composed of 4 types of Chinese dried herbs and yes, it is an aphrodisiac, but really good and healthy kasi energizer siya. Pero with warning sa mga gusto mag-try ng si-bot, please wag gamitin if you are sick and trying to recover and if you have your monthly cycle.
I am married to a Chinese, and I have cooked si-bot twice already in the past month with chicken naman, but I’m sure this tasty bulalo will work with it just as well…
(sana ma-publish na ito this time)
Thanks!
try nyu din po pakulo nyu yun meat hanggang lumabot with at least 6-7 pcs thumbsized ginger (wag nyu hiwain yun ginger ilagay nyu ng buo) paglumambot n yun meat lgay nyo ng salt or patis yun desired nyo alat tpos lagay nyu din ng bunch of spring onions simmer for 1min..serve nyo n ehehe…(pede nyu lagyan ng petchay kung gusto nyo may gulay..yun lng po happy eating and cooking…
thanks po ng marami.dami ko natutunan sa inyo.GOD .BLESS
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from what I know, sibut is a chinese herb. we use it a lot on our dishes. we usually buy it in ongpin. but may mga nkikita din ako sa groceries.