Beef Morcon
Beef Morcon is a must have beef dish in every party! This Filipino beef roll filled with pork fat, cheese, hotdog, boiled egg, and pickle will be the star on your dinner table.
Servings: 5 servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Beef marinate
- 800 grams beef skirt steak cut thin approx. 2 to 2 ½ cm thick
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp liquid seasoning
- 1 ½ tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
- 1 lemon - juiced or 3 tbsp calamasi
Filling
- 1 small carrot cut in sticks (2cm thick)
- 1 hotdog
- 2 small dill pickle cut in half
- 1 pc cheese stick 2 cm thick and 5 inches long
- 1 strip pork fat
For cooking beef morcon
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 3 medium tomatoes sliced
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 pcs bay leaves
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Cut beef steak with a thickness of 2 to 2½ cm per slices. Pound each of the beef slices with a mallet to flatten and tenderize.
- Place and mix marinating ingredients in a medium bowl and add beef until submerged. Cover with cling film and marinate for 1 - 2 hours. After marinating, Lay the beef slices lengthwise or long side of the beef facing you on a clean flat surface and save marinating sauce for later use.
- Arrange the fillings on top of the meat near the edge and gently roll the beef slice into a log. Secure the beef roll by tying with kitchen twine with 3/4 inch interval crosswise. Then tie it lengthwise one time for good measure. Dust a plate with all purpose flour and dredge the beef until all surface are covered.
- Heat cooking oil in a deep medium pan over high heat. Sear all sides of the beef until brown in color. Remove beef from pan and set aside.
- Using the same pan and oil, lower heat to medium then saute onion and garlic until translucent and fragrant. Add tomatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes then mash using a spoon. Tip in marinating sauce and water, mix bring to a boil.
- Add beef roll and cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes turning the beef every 30 minutes for even cooking or until beef is tender. Add more water if needed.
- When the beef is tender, remove from the pan and transfer in a cutting board. Let the sauce simmer for a couple more minutes until it thickens and season if necessary.
- Remove kitchen twine off the beef roll and slice to desired thickness. Place sauce in a serving dish and arrange sliced morcon on top. Bon apptit!