KUPASONLINE.COM — Dendeng balado is one of the most popular and sought after dishes by customers at Padang restaurants.
Apart from buying it, you can make jerky balado yourself at home.
The first step is to prepare the beef and then thinly slice it. After that, fry until dry. The taste of Dendeng Balado tends to be less spicy because it uses large red chilies.
You can make Padang’s signature jerky balado following the recipe from SajianSedap below.
Padang style beef jerky recipe
Balado beef jerky
500 grams of beef has in
3 tamarind kandis
1,000 ml of water
500 grams of oil for frying
Ground spices
5 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp coriander
2 cm ginger
1 tsp salt
Chili ingredients
12 grains of shallots
15 large red chilies
3 red tomatoes, quartered
100 ml of water
150 ml of oil for sauteing
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
4 pieces of lime leaves, remove the bones
How to make beef jerky balado typical of Padang
Prepare a pestle or blender. Add the garlic, ginger, coriander and salt. Blend the ingredients. set aside.
Marinade the meat with ground spices and kandis acid. Boil the meat until tender. Lift.
When it’s a little cold, thinly slice the meat along the grain. Spread the meat until wide and thin. Place on a tray or baking sheet.
Heat cooking oil in a pan. Fry the spiced beef over medium heat until dry. Lift and drain.
Sambal: prepare mortar. Grind the shallots, red chilies, and tomatoes. set aside.
Prepare a frying pan, give sufficient cooking oil. Add the chili sauce, salt, sugar and water. Cook over low heat until the water dries up. Add lime leaves. Cook until the aroma of the chili becomes fragrant.
Add the meat to the chili sauce, stir well. Lift. Serve jerky balado, make it a side dish of warm rice.
