Papaitan Recipe
Pinapaitan is a very popular dish in the Northern Part of the Philippines more specifically in Ilocos Region, the original dish consists of goat and ox innards and its meat flavoured with bile, tamarind and chillies.
Ingredients
- 1/2 lbs. Ox Tripe
- 1/2 lbs. Cow's Small Intestine
- 1/2 lbs. Beef thinly sliced and chopped
- 1/2 lbs. Cow's Heart
- 2 tbsp. Bile
- 2 knobs Ginger
- 1 medium Onion Diced
- 6 cloves Garlic crushed and chopped
- 8 cups Water
- 4-6 pcs Sili (chilies)
- 2 1/2 tbsp. Salt
- 1/2 tbsp. Black Pepper
- 6-8 pcs Calamansi 1-2 pcs Lemon
- 2 tbsp. Cooking Oil
Instructions
- Heat a cooking pot and pour-in 4 cups of water and put-in 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil.
- Put-in the ox tripe and small intestines and simmer until tender. This should take approximately 35 to 50 minutes.
- Turn off heat. Remove the tender ox tripe and small intestines then slice. Set aside.
- Heat a clean cooking pot and pour-in cooking oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, sauté garlic, onion, and ginger.
- Add the beef, heart, sliced intestines, and tripe then cook for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add 1 1/2 tablespoon salt and ground black pepper then stir for a minute.
- Pour-in remaining 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 40 minutes (you may add more water if needed).
- Add bile then simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the finger chilies and squeeze-in the lemon juice then simmer for 3 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving bowl.
- Serve hot. Share and enjoy!