Beef Nilaga
Nilagang Baka is one of my favorite comfort foods. This was a hit with my family last weekend. The best part of cooking this dish was seeing the once-filled soup bowls of my family clean and empty! Aah, the soup warmed my toes and the emptied soup bowls warmed my heart.
Place beef chunks in a pot (I used beef shoulder). Fill the pot with water and bring to a boil. You can use beef broth instead of plain water. I put in 2 Knorr Beef Cubes for a fuller taste. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Be sure to check on the water because it evaporates! You don’t want a dry dish! Add water as needed. When the beef is tender, add potato chunks. Ten minutes before serving, add in sweet Japanese corn cobs. Five minutes before serving, add in the cabbage leaves and baguio beans. I like mine with LOTS of cabbage.
I’m not the type of cook who tastes the dish while it’s cooking. But for this Nilaga, I couldn’t resist taking a sip of the broth every now and then. 
Serve this stew hot, hot, hot with rice. Other ingredients you can put in Nilaga are onions, carrots, a wee bit of garlic, pechay, eggs, saba… it’s a flexible dish! Just don’t let the taste of the other ingredients overpower the beefy flavor of your soup!
July 20th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
ahhhhhh, naglaway tuloy..hehe.
July 20th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
Masarap talaga ang beef nilaga. Especially on a stormy and cold night. Yummy!
Health tip/suggestion: You can also try boiling the beef chunks to be used the night before. Cool it first before placing inside the ref. The next morning you will see all the fat hardened up looking like “yellow islands” in the broth. Remove and throw away. Now you can use this beef chunks for the nilaga MINUS the dreadful cholesterol and triglycerides.
July 21st, 2005 at 12:10 am
I had this for lunch today. yum
July 21st, 2005 at 3:04 am
hi toni! i never thought of putting corn in my nilaga! good idea!
July 21st, 2005 at 4:06 am
wow…i’ve never seen corn with nilaga…perhaps i’ll try it one day! your dish looks so yummy! i especially love fatty beef pieces in my nilaga! (although i do try to refrigerate before so i can take out the oil/fat chunks on top). yes, i’m such a health nut –not!
July 21st, 2005 at 4:44 am
you gave me a new idea bec usually my nilagang baka only consist of cabbage or sometimes pechay,I can imagine a steaming rice and then pour the soup,very yummy!!!
July 21st, 2005 at 6:17 am
Delicious! Great for a cold day.
July 21st, 2005 at 8:21 am
Natuwa ako ng nakita ko ung pic.Natakam tuloy ako.
Naku Toni, pareho tayo ng hilig. Ang magluto at kumain. Sarap ng beef nilaga noh. Lalo na pag meron sawsawan na patis, calamansi at crushed sili. Grabeh….
July 21st, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Hello Toni! No wonder you and your significant other is putting on weight. Eh photo pa lang, ulam na! I also love my nilaga with lots of cabbage. We scramble for the saba. But the corn is new to me. Is there a specific variety of corn that you use for nilaga?
July 21st, 2005 at 1:44 pm
dexie : O eto tissue pamunas ng laway hehehe.
Dr E: I would’ve done that had I not been in a hurry!
Thanks for the tips!!!
hanagirl : Sarap!
paz and kat : The corn gives it an interesting twist, doesn’t it?
Willa : I’m sure your Nilaga is delicious!!!
mare : You said it! It’s the rainy season here so Nilaga would suit the rainy days just fine!
jeanny : Ginugutom mo nanaman ako sis!!!!!!!! Hehehe.
watson : We use Japanese Sweet Corn.
Try it! Sarap!
July 21st, 2005 at 2:55 pm
too hot for soup………… this is one of my fave on winter time
July 21st, 2005 at 2:58 pm
sha: and here it is the rainy season!
July 21st, 2005 at 4:16 pm
idol kita talaga! i wish i share your passion in cooking. nasa “cook on a need” basis pa rin ako. hehehe.
the dish beside the nilaga looks good also…yummmm!!!
July 21st, 2005 at 4:25 pm
I feel silly. Na-mention mo na nga sa post mo kung anong corn yun, tinanong ko pa!
July 21st, 2005 at 4:29 pm
jojo: Talas ng mata mo hehehe. I’ll post the recipe for that other dish later!
watson: Ako naman sinagot ko rin hehehe.
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:31 am
This dish looks wonderful! Need to make some for hubby.
July 22nd, 2005 at 1:29 pm
TPT,
We’ve been friends for so long and you’ve NEVER given em the chance to sample your oh so yummy looking food! You therefore owe me DINNER!
July 22nd, 2005 at 1:59 pm
Jean: He’s gonna love it!
Erik: Hehehe oo nga. Sige one time mag-cook-out session tayo.
I haven’t even fulfilled my promise of BAKING FOR YOU!
July 28th, 2005 at 2:00 am
i never thought a bowl of nilaga could look this sinful. when preparing nilaga myself, i put the beef in a pressure cooker. the meat comes out really tender after that.
July 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am
selina: That sounds yummy! I don’t use pressure cookers because I’m really impatient. I like checking the beef every now and then.
I’m sure your Nilaga turns out really tasty!
October 14th, 2005 at 6:01 am
how much time do you need to cook the potato, corn, cabbage, green beans and other stuff. And how much water you need to put in the pot?
I would like to try this recipe. It is really look “MASARAP”.
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July 8th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
masarap