The first time I cooked Kalderetang Baka for my husband

Beef is one of my husband's favorites.  His most favorite is the Nilagang Baka or the Bulalo.  I was surprised when he requested me to cook Kalderetang Baka for the New Year.  So I did, for the first time!

Kalderetang Baka

I can say that I'm an expert at cooking chicken dishes.  Beef? Well, it needs hard work and the help of a pressure cooker!

For this dish, I decided to cook the beef in the pressure cooker first for 30 minutes before actually cooking the Calderetang Baka.

Kaldereta is cooked!

I also have two secret ingredients for this dish.  This I learned from my dad.  My dad used to cook Caldereta when I was younger.  So I copied his secret ingredient--cheese and liver spread.

Now here's what I used to magically cook up this sumptuous dish...

garlic, crushed
onions, chopped
1 kilo of beef short ribs
1 small can of liver spread
potatoes, cut into chunks and fried
carrots, cut into chunks
bellpeppers, sliced
laurel leaf
1 pouch Del Monte Gourmet Spaghetti Sauce Tomato & Cheese
2 tablespoons Tomato paste
grated cheese, half

Procedure:
1.  Cook the beef in the pressure cooker for 30 minutes.
2.  Saute garlic, onion & beef until slightly brown.  Add liver spread, stir then add the beef broth about 1-2 cups and simmer until tender.
3.  Add Del Monte Gourmet Spaghetti Sauce Tomato & Cheese, potatoes, carrots, laurel leaf, salt & pepper to taste.  Cook for 15 minutes.
4.  Add bellpeppers and cheese and continue cooking for another 45 minutes or until the beef is really tender.
5.  Serve with hot rice and soda! Enjoy!

Not only did my husband like it, he loved it and told me to save a lot for him.

Big Smile

We brought my Calderetang Baka to our New Year's Eve dinner at my parents house.  They all loved it.  My sisters loved it.  Mochi loved it too.  My mom placed some sauce on Mochi's dog food and he immediately finished it!

Mochi our little boy Yorky