Beef with Mushrooms and Quail Eggs

Ingredients:

• beef
• canned mushroom, sliced
  
• green peas
• quail eggs
• garlic and onion, diced
  
• soy sauce
• salt
• butter or oil (butter is better :))
  

Procedures:

• Cut the beef into thin strips. Marinate it in soy sauce for about an hour or two.
• Boil the quail eggs and peel off the shell. Set aside.
• Saute garlic and onion (in butter or oil), add the beef strips and saute for a while. Pour the soy sauce (that you use as a marinade), as well as the liquid (juice) of the canned mushroom and let it simmer until the beef is tender.
• When the beef is ready, add the sliced mushroom and green peas and simmer, again, for about a minute or two.
• (In the process, you'll see that the soy sauce and mushroom juice that you use to boil the beef with will evaporate and the dish will eventually dry up.) Add three to four slices of butter or more if you like, saute and incorporate everything together.
• Season with salt, if necessary.
  
• Add the quail eggs, mix and serve.

We had this for lunch last Wednesday, my husband and baby boy love it!

Happy cooking!


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Filipino Beef Steak (Bistek Tagalog)

Ingredients:

• beef, sliced to your preferred size
• onion, cut into rings
• garlic, diced or chopped
  
• calamansi
• soy sauce
• cooking oil
  
• salt and pepper (optional)

Procedures:

• Marinade the beef into a mixture of soy sauce and calamansi (and pepper, if you like), taste test the marinade if necessary. Set it aside for at least half an hour, preferably tuck in the refrigerator.
• After the suggested time, take the beef out of the marinade, heat some oil and pan fry the beef slices until golden brown and then set it aside. Also, be sure to keep the used marinade as it is.
  
• In the same pan and oil, fry the onion rings until it gets a little soft, set it aside afterwards.
• Stir fry the garlic in the remaining oil, put the beef in and then pour the marinade, mix it a little and then let it boil for 10-15 minutes.
• Try it out and do a recipe tweaking if necessary. When all is well, drop the onion rings and let it simmer for a minute and you're done.
• Serve hot with a bowlful of rice.

Happy eating!