Balbacua Recipe with Saba, Oxtail Balbacua Soup

Balbacua Recipe with Saba, Oxtail Balbacua Soup

Try this innovative Oxtail Balbacua with Saging na Saba Soup Recipe.

This is our soupy version of the popular Balbacua , Cow Skin Stew.

For this recipe I used oxtail with skin, off course you can use cow knuckles, leg/feet, skin or mascara, whatever is available.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo oxtail skin-on or cow knuckles, leg/feet, skin or mascara.

4-6 pieces saging na saba, diagonally sliced in half

1 small bowl young corn cobs, optional

1 medium size red bell pepper, julienned

1 bunch spring onions, stem cut to pieces, leaves chopped.

2-3 long pieces green chilies

2-3 red pieces chilies

1/2 head garlic, crushed, chopped

2 small size onions, chopped

2 thumb size ginger, cut into strips

1-2 tbsp. powdered black pepper

1/3 cup fish sauce

1/3 cup salted black beans

1/4 cup tomato paste

1-2 pieces bay leaves

1/3 cup annatto water from 1/3 cup annatto seeds

2-3 tbsp. vinegar

crushed toasted peanuts

salt to taste

cooking oil

For pressure cooking the oxtail:

1/2 head garlic, crushed

2 small size onions, quartered

2 thumb size ginger, crushed

2-3 tbsp. black peppercorns

1 stalk lemongrass, crushed, tie into a knot

1-2 star anise

2-3 tbsp. rock salt

1 bunch kinchay stems

1 small size red bell pepper, julienned