Beef Tapa. It's easy to make and sure to be a family favorite. Beef Tapa is a thinly sliced marinated beef top sirloin that is pan fried, served with garlic rice and fried eggs. A combination of sweet, salty and garlicky flavors.

Nowadays, commercialized Beef Tapa are often cured but most do not undergo drying. Tapa is usually fried and is best served with vinegar. Traditionally, it was prepared by curing the meat with salt. You can cook Beef Tapa using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Beef Tapa

🢂 3 1/2 tbsp of vinegar.
🢂 1 tbsp of salt.
🢂 7 tbsp of white/brown sugar.
🢂 1 tsp of ground blackpeper.
🢂 1 head of garlic, minced.
🢂 1 of cooking oil for frying.
🢂 1/2 cup of soy sauce.
🢂 1 lb of beef sirloin/ thin sliced.

Nowadays, beef tapa is made by simply marinating the meat before frying or sautéing them. The word tapsilog is actually an abbreviation of the words tapa, sinangag (fried rice), and itlog (egg). Thin slices of meat dried or cure it with salt and spices as a method of preserving it. Tapa is best fried or grilled, often served with rice, fried egg (Tapsilog).

instructions Beef Tapa

Combine in a container all ingredients. Stir well..
After mixing all the ingredients, place the beef meat in a container or ziplock bag..
Cover and refrigerate the marinade for a minimum of 12 hours or overnight..
Fry until brown..
Serve with sunny side eggs and plain rice or garlic fried rice..
Enjoy..

Beef Tapa Aside from Pork Longganisa , Beef Tapa (cured meat) is another breakfast favorite that is eaten with garlic fried rice and fried egg. You can find it on the menu of Filipino restaurants or fast food chains as "Tapsilog" which literally means tapa ( tap - Beef Tapa) + sinangag ( si - garlic fried rice) + itlog ( log - fried egg). How to cook Filipino beef tapa. Traditionally, tapa was a means to extend the shelf life of meats (and other proteins like chicken and fish). Nowadays, beef tapa is simply marinated and cooked (either grilled, sautéed, or fried).