PEANUT STEW KARE KARE SEASONING MIX 57 g – MAMA SITA'S

Mama Sita's Peanut Stew Kare-Kare Mix is an authentic Filipino base for preparing the cult-favourite, thick beef or oxtail stew in a peanut sauce. The mix contains as much as 61% peanuts, rice flour, cane sugar, and the natural colour achiote. The product allows for quickly achieving a creamy, nutty sauce with a lightly sweet-salty flavour profile, essential for creating traditional Kare-Kare.

Ingredients: Peanuts (61%), rice flour, cane sugar, salt and achuete powder-cornstarch mix.

Nutritional value per 100ml(g) :

Energy value: 2094 kJ / 501 kcal
Fat: 26 g
of which saturated fatty acids: 5.3 g
Carbohydrates: 48 g
of which sugars: 10 g
Protein: 18 g
Salt: 5.0 g

MAMA SITA'S PEANUT STEW KARE KARE SEASONING MIX 57 g is a specialized blend that makes it easy and quick to prepare one of the most cherished dishes in Filipino cuisine – Kare-Kare. This dish, often considered "comfort food," is a thick stew most commonly made with oxtail or other offal, simmered in a rich, creamy peanut sauce. The Mama Sita's brand, known for its commitment to the authenticity of Filipino flavours, created this powder to make recreating this complex dish accessible in a home kitchen. Traditionally, preparing the peanut sauce for Kare-Kare was time-consuming. Mama Sita's mix drastically shortens this process. The key ingredient in the product is peanuts (61%), which form the flavour and textural base of the sauce. They impart the characteristic, rich, nutty creaminess. The rest of the composition is supplemented with rice flour, which acts as a thickener. The flavour profile is balanced by cane sugar and salt, resulting in a pleasantly sweet-salty effect typical of Filipino dishes. A distinctive element in the composition is the achuete (annatto) powder-cornstarch mix. Achiote, also known as Annatto, is a natural colourant and spice that gives the Kare-Kare sauce its recognizable, warm, orange-yellow hue. This powder, although natural, does not significantly affect the taste, but only the appearance of the dish. Due to the high peanut content, the mix is quite caloric (501 kcal per 100 g) and rich in fat (26 g per 100 g), reflecting the traditional stew recipe. It is also a good source of protein (18 g per 100 g). To prepare traditional Kare-Kare, simply dissolve the powder in water (or broth) and add it to previously cooked and sautéed meat along with vegetables (often eggplant, long green beans, and Chinese cabbage are used). This is an ideal option for lovers of Asian cuisine who want to try a unique, nutty stew straight from the Philippines.