One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice

One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice is a high-protein bowl recipe ready in 40 min. It makes 2 servings, each 720 kcal with 35 g protein. Beginner level, 12 ingredients.

Adapted from a home cook's recipe and measured by Cookpath.

  • 40 mintotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 720kcal a serving
  • 35 gprotein
Jump to the recipe
One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice

What is One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice

Sliced sirloin cooked with onion, garlic, soy sauce and lime, then simmered with jasmine rice in beef stock and topped with spring onion and fried garlic.

More:High-protein rice recipesHigh-protein beef recipesRice recipesBeef recipes

How to make One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice

Tips from the cook

  • Slice the beef thin, so it stays tender in the short cooking time.
  • Let the liquid reduce by about half before adding the rice, so the flavour concentrates.
  • Keep the lid on while the rice simmers, then let it sit off the heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Top with the fried garlic and spring onions only at the end.
Cook it with the app

Step by step with timers, in your shopping list in one tap.

Get Cookpath

Meal prep and storage

Keeps 3 days in the fridge. Add a splash of water when reheating.

Prep a few days

See this week’s meal prep plan on the blog, or plan your own week in the app.

One-Pot Bistek Tagalog Rice substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Red onion2 options
  • Spring onion (white part), thin use 2 spring onions per 1/4 red onion

    Milder; still allium.

  • Leave out leave out (optional salad garnish only)
Soy sauce2 options
  • Tamari (labelled gluten-free) 1:1

    Still soy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Coconut aminos 1:1 (sweeter, use a bit more salt)

    Less salty; dark, sold in health-food aisles.

Beef stock3 options
  • Vegetable stock (check the label for celery) 1:1 by volume

    Less meaty; vegetable stock typically includes celery.

    Still contains celery.

  • Mushroom broth (a handful of dried or fresh shiitake simmered in plain water 20-30 min) 1:1 by volume

    Earthy rather than beefy.

  • Miso in hot water (1-2 tsp white or yellow miso per 1 cup water) 1:1 by volume

    Added late, do not boil hard; miso may also carry gluten (not confirmed).

    Still contains soy.

Spring onions2 options
  • Chives 1:1 by volume, add at end

    Not cooked well.

  • Leek, thin use 1/2 as much (stronger)

Cook next

Bowls · 20 min · 28 g proteinSticky Beef & Broccoli Bowls · 20 min · 49 g proteinBlack Pepper Ground Beef Bowls · 25 min · 23 g proteinGround Beef Bulgogi Bowls · 25 min · 39 g proteinKorean BBQ Steak Bowl Bowls · 30 min · 27 g proteinTeriyaki Meatballs Bowls · 35 min · 30 g proteinSpicy Mayo Beef Bowl