Recipe: Tasty Beef Mechado

Beef Mechado.

You can cook Beef Mechado using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Beef Mechado

1. It's 1 of kilo beef sirloin.
2. It's of Salt and pepper.
3. It's 1 of whole red bell pepper.
4. You need 2 of big sliced tomatoes.
5. It's 4 of medium size potatoes sliced.
6. You need 2 of carrots medium sliced.
7. You need 3 teaspoon of sugar.
8. Prepare 3 tablespoon of soy sauce.
9. You need 1 of big can tomato sauce.
10. It's 4 teaspoon of tomato paste.
11. It's 4 cloves of garlic crushed.
12. Prepare 1 of whole onion sliced.
13. You need 2 cups of water.
14. It's 1/2 of size lemon.
15. It's 4 of bay leaves.

Beef Mechado step by step

1. Marinate beef with salt and pepper and put lemon juice into it. Let it stand about a minute to absorb the juice..
2. In a deep pan place the beef chunks, soy sauce, garlic and bay leaves. Pour the water in and bring to boil..
3. Cover and simmer on low and cook until the beef chunks are tender for about 1-1 1/2 hours.
4. When the beef is tender add potatoes, carrots and onions. Cook for another 10-15 mins until the potatoes and carrots are almost cooked.
5. Add chopped bell peppers and tomato sauce. Stir, cover and cook until all the vegetables are tender. You can cook it uncovered if you wish a thicker sauce. Adjust seasong with sugar, soy sauce, tomato paste, salt and ground pepper to taste. (to balance out the flavors) Simmer for about 5-10 mins..
6. Ready to serve! Enjoy!.