Coca-Cola Caldereta Recipe

Caldereta is a hearty meat dish using chevon (goat meat), beef, or pork combined with potatoes, carrots, tomato sauce, and liver spread or liver paste. This is a popular dish served during special occasions and a regular in every Filipino cookbook.With the additional coca cola instead of water adds the tasty taste of your caldereta.

Ingredients 2 lbs beef, cubed 3 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 500ml coca-cola 1 cup red bell pepper, cut into strips 1 cup tomato sauce ½ cup liver spread or liver paste (processed using blender) 1 tsp. crushed chili 3 large bay leaves 2 cups potatoes, sliced 2 cups carrots, sliced 1 cup cooking oil ⅔ cup green olives salt and pepper to taste Instructions Heat the cooking oil in the pan and fry the carrots and potatoes until color turns light brown Remove the fried carrots and potatoes from the pan and set aside In the same pan where the vegetables were fried, sauté the garlic and onions Add the beef and simmer for 5 minutes Add coca cola and let the beef boil until tender (about 30 mins if using pressure cooker or 1 to 2 hours if using an ordinary pot). Add the tomato sauce and liver spread and simmer for 10 minutes Add green olives, carrots, bay leaves, bell pepper,crushed chili,and potatoes and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes Add salt and pepper to taste Serve Hot. Enjoy!