Recipes · Filipino · Breakfast

Tapa (Cured Beef)

One serving has 432 kcal and 31 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of niacin (71%), pyridoxine (71%), zinc (70%), cobalamin (70%), selenium (62%) and phosphorus (44%). Ready in 80 minutes.

Tapa (Cured Beef)
Photo: Efrenefren, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 70 min
  • Cooking: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (194 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Dairy-free, High protein, Low carb
  • Contains: beef, gluten, soy

Ingredients

  • 150 g Beef sirloin steak, raw
  • 12 g Soy sauce
  • 10 g Vinegar, white
  • 8 g Garlic, raw
  • 5 g Sugar, brown
  • 0.5 g Black pepper
  • 8 g Vegetable oil

Method

  1. Slice the beef thinly against the grain.
  2. Marinate with the soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, sugar and black pepper for at least 1 hour, or overnight in the refrigerator for deeper flavour.
  3. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  4. Fry the beef in batches for 2-3 minutes per side until browned and cooked through.
  5. Boil any leftover marinade for 2-3 minutes and spoon over the beef, if you like, for extra flavour.
  6. Serve hot, traditionally with fried rice and a fried egg.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy432 kcal20%
Carbohydrates8.5 g
Water120 mL
Fiber0.39 g1%
Protein31.4 g65%
Tryptophan0.21 g
Threonine1.2 g
Isoleucine1.4 g
Leucine2.4 g
Lysine2.5 g
Methionine0.77 g
Cystine0.4 g
Phenylalanine1.2 g
Tyrosine0.96 g
Valine1.5 g
Histidine0.96 g
Fat29.5 g
Monounsaturated11 g
Polyunsaturated5.5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-64.6 g
Saturated9.9 g
Trans-Fats0.05 g
Cholesterol117 mg
Calcium62.9 mg6%
Copper0.14 mg16%
Iron2.6 mg14%
Magnesium42.3 mg14%
Manganese0.35 mg19%
Phosphorus305 mg44%
Potassium561 mg12%
Selenium34 µg62%
Sodium739 mg
Zinc5.6 mg70%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.1 mg9%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.16 mg15%
Niacin (vitamin B3)10 mg71%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.97 mg19%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.92 mg71%
Folate (vitamin B9)18.6 µg5%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.7 µg70%
Choline129 mg30%
Vitamin A0.14 µg0%
Vitamin C2.5 mg3%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E1.2 mg8%
Vitamin K17.9 µg20%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

4.4 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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