Beef Stew in Peanut Sauce (Kare Kare) - Filipino Chow

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of oxtail
• 1 bundle bok choy leaves
• 1 puso ng saging or banana bud quartered
• 1 bundle string beans
• 2 pieces of eggplants thinly sliced
• 3 cloves of chopped garlic
• 1 small chopped onion
• 1/4 cup of annatto oil or diluted annatto powder
• 1/4 cup of cooking oil
• 2 tablespoons of cornstarch diluted in 3 tablespoons of water
• 3 cups of water
• salt to taste
• 3 tablespoons of sauteed shrimp paste, bagoong