Name: Balbacua Recipe
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 80 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 3 pounds ox feet (or ox tail or skin or mix); water (for blanching ); 8 cups water; 1 thumb ginger; 1 tablespoon salt; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon achuete seeds; 1 tablespoon margarine; 1 medium onion; 5 cloves garlic; 3 green long chili; 3 pieces star anise; 1 small can fermented black beans (drained (180 grams)); 1/4 cup tomato paste (or 3/4 cup tomato sauce); ⅓ cup peanut butter (unsweetened); 1 small can pineapple chunks (drained (137 grams)); 1 can pork and beans (390 grams); 1 medium red bell pepper (cut into strips); 1 pc chili labuyo (chopped); Fish sauce or salt (to taste)

Filipino

Pressure cooker

Slotted Spoon

Place the ox feet cuts in a pot or pressure cooker. Add just enough water to submerge. Bring to a boil over high heat uncovered. Boil for about 10 min then remove from heat. Discard water and rinse the meat well.

Add 8 cups of water to the pressure cooker/pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add the ox feet, ginger, and salt. Close the lid and pressure cook for 45-60 mins or simmer in a normal pot for 2 hours or until tender. Remove the meat from the broth and set it aside. Reserve about 2 cups of broth.

In a wide wok or pot, heat oil over medium heat then add achuete seeds. Cook for about 1 minute or until the oil turns deep orange. Remove seeds using a slotted spoon.

Melt margarine. Sauté onion, garlic, and green chilis until aromatic.

Add the ox feet, star anise, and black beans. Stir until well distributed.

Pour 2 cups of the reserved broth. Add tomato paste and peanut butter. Stir until dissolved.

Add the pineapple chunks, pork and beans, bell pepper, and labuyo. Season with fish sauce or salt as needed. Simmer for 5 minutes or more.

Turn off heat and transfer to a serving platter. Enjoy with steamed rice.

Balbacua Recipe

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