Description

Tapsilog in tagalog is a mixture of 3 different food items, Tap for Tapa which is a fried beef marinated in vinegar and garlic, Si for Sinigang which is a simple garlic fried rice and Log for Itlog which means egg. There are a lot of food items like this in the Philippines and here are some:

Scale

Ingredients

Garlic Fried Rice

4 cups cold cooked rice preferably long grain
oil
1 garlic minced
salt
pepper

Tapa

800g beef tenderloin (sliced thinly around 1/2 cm thick)
2 whole garlic, crushed include the skin
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup white vinegar
5 bay leaves
2 tsp salt

Instructions

Garlic Fried Rice

Heat up the pan and add oil, in a medium heat add garlic and fry it until its golden brown and crunchy
Add rice and stir fry until the rice is coated with the garlic flavoured oil, this will take around 10 minutes
Season with salt and freshly ground pepper

Tapa

Mix thoroughly all ingredients excluding beef in a bowl.
Slice the beef into 2 x 3 inch pieces and soak with the mixture
Marinate for at least a day.
Remove beef from marinade and pat dry with paper towel
Heat up the pan add oil and fry the beef pieces until outside is crunchy on both sides.

Notes

Prepare a sunny side up egg, atchara, chopped tomatoes and plate the items together like in the picture attached, it is best served with a white vinegar with crushed garlic dip.