My Beef Casserole

My two-year old bub loves to eat beef. She's a fussy eater but whenever I cook Nilagang Baka or Caldereta, she will never resist. Though sometimes, it seems she's already getting bored with the taste. Finding it hard to make a new recipe, I just played with the ingredients of Caldereta: add some, omit some. The result is a new viand - Dienn's Beef Casserole.

Ingredients:

300 grams beef, cut in cubes (qpproximately 1.5 inches)

1 cup of carrots, cut diagonally or in cubes

1 cup of potatoes, cut diagonally or in cubes

1 cup of hotdog, sliced diagonally

1 medium-sized onion, chopped 2 gloves of garlic, minced

salt, 2 teaspoons or depends on your taste

1/4 cup of Olive oil

1 pinch of pepper

1 cup of tomato sauce

2 cups of water

1 cup beef broth

optional: basil or herbs, green chili, a pinch of sugar (in caldereta, green/red capsicum and green peas are required so I made my recipe a bit different)

Instruction:

1. Boil 2 cups of water in a saucepan. Put the beef and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the meat is tender. In my case, I always use pressure cooker because I want the meat to be very soft so my toddler can easily digest it.

2. When cooked and tender, separate the meat by the draining the broth in a large bowl. set aside the meat and also the broth.

3. Place a casserole on the stove with a medium fire. Then add the olive oil. Saute onion and garlic. Add the tomato sauce, a cup of broth, salt, and pepper. Then put the beef and potato. Cover the saucepan and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

4. Add the carrots and hotdog. Simmer for another 5 minutes. You can add basil, italian herbs, and green chili.

5. Serve with rice. :-)