Filipino Morcon Recipe Video
Morcon is a Filipino meat roll stuffed with sausage or hotdogs, carrots, pickles, cheese, and egg. This is considered as a holiday dish and is usually served during Christmas (Noche Buena) and New Year’s eve (Media Noche).
Ingredients
| Beef eye steak | 2 Pound, 3/4 inch thick in one piece (Round Or Flank) | |
| Beef cubes | 2 , dissolved in 3 cups boiling water, beef stock/broth | |
| Boiling water | 3 Cup (48 tbs), dissolved in 3 cups boiling water, beef stock/broth | |
| Salt | 1⁄4 Teaspoon | |
| Lemon | 1 | |
| Soy sauce | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Carrot | 1 Medium, cut into long strips | |
| Flour | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Cooking oil | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Hotdogs | 4 , cut in half lengthwise | |
| Pickled dill/Sweet pickled cucumber | 2 , cut lengthwise divided into 4 equal pieces | |
| Hard boiled eggs | 3 , sliced | |
| Cheddar cheese | 3 Ounce, cut in strips about 0.5 inch thick |
Directions
1. Marinate the beef in soy sauce and lemon juice for at least 1 hour
2. Place the beef in a flat surface and arrange the hotdogs, pickle, carrot, cheese, and egg on one side
3. Roll the beef enclosing the fillings and tye with a cooking string to ensure that the meat will not open-up
4. Place cooking oil in a pan and apply heat
5. Dredge the rolled beef in flour and fry until the color of the outer part turns medium brown
6. Transfer the fried rolled beef in a casserole and pour-in the beef broth then bring to a boil
7. 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)
8. Optional: Fry the simmered meat for at least 2 minutes
9. Remove the strings and slice into serving pieces
10. Place in a serving dish and add the sauce.
11.Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
2. Place the beef in a flat surface and arrange the hotdogs, pickle, carrot, cheese, and egg on one side
3. Roll the beef enclosing the fillings and tye with a cooking string to ensure that the meat will not open-up
4. Place cooking oil in a pan and apply heat
5. Dredge the rolled beef in flour and fry until the color of the outer part turns medium brown
6. Transfer the fried rolled beef in a casserole and pour-in the beef broth then bring to a boil
7. 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)
8. Optional: Fry the simmered meat for at least 2 minutes
9. Remove the strings and slice into serving pieces
10. Place in a serving dish and add the sauce.
11.Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
Editors Review
This video is in Filipino.Chef
