One of my favorite comfort dishes is this Filipino beef stew, called giniling. Making it using my method is quick and quite simple. White rice is recommended.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil, or as needed
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 ½ cups water, divided, or more as needed
- ground black pepper to taste
- 2 medium red potatoes, cubed
- 10 baby carrots, or more to taste, cubed
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce, divided
- ½ cup raisins, or more to taste
- 1 ½ (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce with salt (such as Contadina®)
- ½ medium orange bell pepper, diced
- 4 tablespoons white sugar
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
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- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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- Add beef and 1/2 cup water; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with black pepper and add more water as needed; do not let beef dry out.
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- Add potatoes, carrots, and 3 tablespoons soy sauce; cook for 4 minutes, adding more water if mixture is too dry. Add raisins and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, again adding water as needed.
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- Pour in one can tomato sauce. Fill the can with water and swirl to remove excess sauce; pour into the saucepan. Stir in remaining 1/2 can sauce until combined. Add more water as needed to create a saucy but not soupy consistency.
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- Stir in bell pepper, sugar, and remaining 3 tablespoons soy sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally and adding water as needed so sauce does not dry out, until all vegetables are tender, about 3 to 5 minutes.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 488 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 93 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1332 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
easy recipe to follow, thanks!
This is my favorite food since when I was a kid, I made this now and my American boyfriend likes it. 1 out of 10? Solid 8.
Didn’t use as much water, put less sugar, added peas and used ground chicken instead of ground beef. Pretty good 🙂
i did a great job! better than when i made it last time! hmmmm
Very good, but I think I needed to add more water to make a sauce.
Great recipe to follow. I was craving this dish after returning from my trip to the Philippines and it came out just as I imagined it to be!! I used beef stock instead of water and just eyed how much I needed. Used one potato instead. Brown sugar 3 table spoons.
One of my favorite childhood dishes. This recipe is really yummy, thank you! Also thank your excluding the peas. I agree with previous poster. I did not add all the water because I was afraid it was getting too soupy. Next time I’ll start with 2 tbsp of sugar and work my way up. The 4 tbsp was a bit sweet for my personal preference so I added more soy sauce and salt to balance.
This recipe is really good! didnt follow it exactly, tho. I used less water throughout because by the end, it would be too watery. I was a little worried that it would end up being a soup but the tomato sauce thickens it up. used probably half of the sugar called for because i didnt want it to be too sweet as well. I also switched out the bell peppers for frozen sweet peas instead.
I made this because I was missing my mom’s Filipino home cooking. Easy to make and it is definitely a Filipino comfort food for me and my family.
I made it tonight since I miss eating this growing up. Thank you for this. I may have to make this all the time. American husband loves it. Thank you!