Tapsilog (sweet-salty dried beef with garlic rice and fried egg)
Time: 35 minMarinating: at least 4 hours, ideally overnight4 servingsapprox. 650 kcal / serving (estimated)approx. 37 g protein / serving
The best-known of the Filipino „-silog” breakfasts: the name combines tapa (sweet-salty marinated beef), sinangag (garlic fried rice) and itlog (egg). A hearty, one-plate breakfast.
Mix the beef slices with the soy sauce, sugar, calamansi juice, the 2 grated garlic cloves and the pepper, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
For the garlic rice, fry the finely chopped garlic in a wok or large pan in 2 tbsp oil over medium heat until golden brown.
Add the cold rice, broken up from any clumps, season with salt, and fry over high heat for 4-5 minutes, until hot and fragrant.
In another pan, fry the drained meat in batches over high heat in 1 tbsp oil: it cooks through in 2-3 minutes, the sugar caramelising the edges.
Fry 4 eggs in the remaining oil, sunny side up with a runny yolk.
Mound the rice on plates, add the meat and a fried egg alongside, and serve with chilli vinegar or fresh tomato and cucumber.
A Receptnaptár original recipe. Calories and protein are estimated.
Tips
The rice should be a day old; freshly cooked rice will clump together.
The meat is much easier to slice thinly when half-frozen.
The marinated meat keeps for 2-3 days in the fridge, so in the morning you just need to fry it.