Kare-Kare Instant Pot Filipino Recipe | Oxtail Peanut Stew

 Kare-Kare is a very famous Filipino dish but unlike adobo and pinakbet, it is not a regularly served dish in Filipino homes but rather, it’s typically ordered at Filipino restaurants or serve only during parties and special occasions. You can, however, cook it as often as you crave it by following our Kare-Kare Instant Pot Recipe. We used simple ingredients, cut down the cooking time, and simplified the process so you can serve our easy Kare-Kare recipe in no time. ]

Ingredients

2 pounds oxtail

4 cups of water (3.5 cup of the broth will be used to make the sauce after pressure cooking the oxtail)

1 eggplant

3 bok choy

1 bundle of sitaw (long string bean)

1/2 cup peanut butter (creamy)

1 pack Mama Sita’s Kare-Kare Peanut Sauce Mix

Bagoong Alamang as side condiment

Instructions

Pour 4 cups of water unto the Instant Pot.

Add oxtail, close the Instant Pot, seal the steam vent, then set to SOUP for 35 minutes.

Prepare the vegetables: Wash then cut the eggplant diagonally into 1/2" thick pieces. Cut & discard the bottom part of the bokchoy, separate the stalks then wash them thoroughly. Cut the long string beans to approximately 3" long then wash. Set aside.

Once the oxtail is cooked, do a quick release to let the Instant Pot steam. Open and set the oxtail pieces in a big serving bowl. Set aside.

To steam the vegetables - Skim fat particles from the oxtail broth and add the vegetables unto the Instant Pot starting with the long string bean, the eggplant, then the bokchoy on top. Seal then set to Instant Pot to STEAM for 2-3 minutes. Once steamed, do a quick release, add the vegetables to the oxtail pieces you've set aside in your serving bowl.

To make the Kare-Kare sauce - using a strainer (to skim fat particles), transfer 3.5 cups of the oxtail broth from the Instant Pot into a saucepan. Add the pack of Mama Sita Kare-Kare Peanut Sauce Powder Mix to the broth and blend well before adding the peanut butter.

Add 1/2 cup of peanut butter unto the sauce mix and mix thoroughly. Then turn on the stove to low to medium heat and reduce the sauce to preferred consistency. Lower the heat if it's bubbling and you haven't achieved the right Kare-Kare sauce consistency you want yet. Once done, pour the Kare-Kare sauce over the oxtail and vegetables.

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