Papaitan Recipe
For the brave souls out there who would like to try to make and eat Papaitan, here is a recipe from Panlasang Pinoy:
Ingredients:
• 1/2 lb ox tripe
• 1/2 lb cow’s small intestine
• 1/2 lb beef, thinly sliced and chopped
• 1/2 lb cow’s heart
• 2 tablespoons bile
• 2 knobs ginger, julienned
• 1 medium sized onion, diced
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped
• 8 cups water
• 4 to 6 pieces finger chilies
• 2 1/2 tablespoons salt
• 1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 to 2 pieces lemon (or 5 to 8 pieces calamansi)
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
Cooking procedure:
- Heat a cooking pot and pour-in 4 cups of water and put-in 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil.
- Put-in the ox tripe and small intestines and simmer until tender. This should take approximately 35 to 50 minutes.
- Turn off heat. Remove the tender ox tripe and small intestines then slice. Set aside.
- Heat a clean cooking pot and pour-in cooking oil.
- When the oil is hot enough, sauté garlic, onion, and ginger.
- Add the beef, heart, sliced intestines, and tripe then cook for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add 1 1/2 tablespoon salt and ground black pepper then stir for a minute.
- Pour-in remaining 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer for 40 minutes (you may add more water if needed).
- Add bile then simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the finger chilies and squeeze-in the lemon juice then simmer for 3 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving bowl.
Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
