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morcon on a plate with sauce
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Best Morcon Recipe

Course Main Course
Cuisine Filipino
Keyword Beef Recipes
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 4
Calories 913kcal
Cost $5-20

Equipment

  • Cooking string

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Beef sliced
  • 3 cups Beef stock
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 pc Lemon
  • ½ cup Soy sauce
  • 1 pc Medium carrot cut into long strips
  • ½ cup Flour
  • ½ cup Cooking oil
  • 4 pcs Hotdog cut into half lengthwise
  • 2 pcs Whole pickle quartered
  • 1 pc Cheese cut into strips about ½ inch
  • 3 pcs Hard-boiled egg sliced

Instructions

  • Marinate the beef in soy sauce and lemon juice for at least 1 hour.
  • Place the beef in a flat surface and arrange the hotdogs, pickle, carrot, cheese, and egg on one side.
  • Roll the beef enclosing the fillings and tie with a cooking string to ensure that the meat will not open-up.
  • Place cooking oil in a pan and apply heat.
  • Dredge the rolled beef in flour and fry until the color of the outer part turns medium brown.
  • Transfer the fried rolled beef in a casserole and pour-in the beef stock then bring to a boil.
  • Pour-in half of the soy sauce-lemon juice marinade,salt and simmer until the beef is tender (about 2 hours using ordinary casserole or 30 minutes if a pressure cooker is used).
  • Optional: Fry the simmered meat for at least 2 minutes.
  • Remove the strings and slice into serving pieces.
  • Place in a serving dish and add the sauce.
  • Serve while hot. Share and enjoy!