Goto (Filipino Beef Congee)

Ingredients:

• 300g cooked beef brisket, sliced
• 250g cooked beef tripe, sliced

• 1 1/2 cup glutinous rice (malagkit)
• 5 cloves garlic, finely crushed
• 50g ginger, sliced
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 5 tbspn cooking oil
• 2 litres of homemade beef stock
• 500ml water
• 1/4 tspn ground turmeric
• 1/4 tspn ground black pepper
• 50ml fish sauce

 Procedures:

1. Heat your cooking oil and deep fry your garlic till golden brown.  Remove the pot from heat to avoid burning your garlic.  Scoop your fried garlic with a ladle and drain well before placing in a bowl lined with kitchen paper towels, set aside for “Toppings”.  Leave the hot oil in the pot and put back to your stovetop.  Sauté  your ginger and onions till translucent in medium-high heat.
2. Add in your sliced Beef Brisket and Tripe, stir it a couple of times and then place in your turmeric and pepper.  Stir in your fish sauce and let the mixture simmer for 15 seconds.
3. Stir in your rinsed/drained glutinous rice.  Make sure the rice soaks up the liquid in the pan.  Pour in your beef stock and water.  Stir to evenly disperse the rice and brisket/tripe, make sure you scrape the bottom of the pot to unstuck anything that is stuck.  Bring to boil, then lower the heat to simmering stage,  dispose the scum that accumulates on the surface.  Keep stirring the sides and bottom of the pot to prevent burning your Goto.
4. It’s done once the rice starts to crumble and blend with the liquid.  Turn off the stove and let the pot sit there for awhile, while you prep for the toppings.

Recommended Toppings:  Fried onions/garlic, , Chopped Fresh Chives or Shallots, Sliced Cooked Beef Tendon/Brisket/Tripe, Whole Boiled Eggs and crushed Chicharon (Pork Crackling).  Crispy Fried Tofu Cubes would be great as a topping too to add more texture to your Goto.

Best With:  Tokwa’t Baboy, a good squeeze of half of a calamansi or a small wedge of lemon and for good measure, fish sauce & ground pepper on the side for individual seasoning.  In Malabon, we traditionally order a side plate of 1-2 pcs of Sumpia (Vegetable Medley Spring rolls) along with our Congee.