Name: Cured Beef (Beef Tapa)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 10 h
Yield: Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp sugar; ½ tsp kosher salt; ¼ cup [60 ml] calamansi juice (see Tip); ½ cup [120 ml] soy sauce; 12 to 15 large garlic cloves, minced; 3 lb [1.4 kg] beef sirloin or skirt steak, sliced into 2 to 3 in [5 to 7.5 cm] pieces ¼ in [6 mm] thick; ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper; Garlic-fried or steamed rice, for serving; Thinly sliced green onions, white and green parts, for garnish; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; Fried eggs, for serving

Preparation info

Yield:
4 to 6
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 hr

Appears in

Islas

By Von Diaz

Published 2024

About

Typically eaten for breakfast, tapa is beef that is air-dried then roasted, forming a kind of tender beef jerky. It’s eaten as a category of dish called tapsilog, formed from the words tapa, a salty protein; sinangang, garlic-fried rice; and itlog, a sunny-side-up egg. The tapa can be made ahead, although it will dry out after about 3 days. Thinly sliced green onions are a must for serving.