Beef Asado

Name: Beef Asado
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 39 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 1.5kg Beef; 1 Beef Stock Concentrate; 8 ounces Tomato Puree; 3 cups Water; 6 tablespoons Soy Sauce; 1 tbs White Wine Vinegar; 2 tbs Pepper; 4 Bay Leaf; 1/2 Lemon; 2 tbs Tomato Sauce; 3 tbs Butter; 1/2 cup Olive Oil; 1 chopped Onion; 4 cloves Garlic

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Beef recipe with Filipino flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 63 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 39 min total

1.5kg Beef
1 Beef Stock Concentrate
8 ounces Tomato Puree
3 cups Water
6 tablespoons Soy Sauce
1 tbs White Wine Vinegar
2 tbs Pepper
4 Bay Leaf
1/2 Lemon
2 tbs Tomato Sauce
3 tbs Butter
1/2 cup Olive Oil
1 chopped Onion
4 cloves Garlic

Step-by-step instructions

Combine beef, crushed peppercorn, soy sauce, vinegar, dried bay leaves, lemon, and tomato sauce. Mix well. Marinate beef for at least 30 minutes.
Put the marinated beef in a cooking pot along with remaining marinade. Add water. Let boil.
Add Knorr Beef Cube. Stir. Cover the pot and cook for 40 minutes in low heat.
Turn the beef over. Add tomato paste. Continue cooking until beef tenderizes. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Fry the potato until it browns. Turn over and continue frying the opposite side. Remove from the pan and place on a clean plate. Do the same with the carrots.
Save 3 tablespoons of cooking oil from the pan where the potato was fried. Saute onion and garlic until onion softens.
Pour-in the sauce from the beef stew. Let boil. Add the beef. Cook for 2 minutes.
Add butter and let it melt. Continue cooking until the sauce reduces to half.

Why this works on a weeknight

Beef Asado lands at about 39 minutes total — a little longer than our 30-minute target, but most of that time is hands-off simmering, which is why it earned a spot in our Skillet & One-Pan collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Beef Asado actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

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