Mechado

Ingredients:
1 kg. beef top round, whole
¼ cup cooking oil
4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
1 medium onion, sliced
2 pieces potato, quartered fried
1 carrot, cut into 2" pieces
1 lime, sliced with rind
2 tbsp. soy sauce
½ tsp. peppercorns, crushed
1 cup tomato sauce
1 piece bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1 ½ cups hot water

Procedure:
1. Brown meat in cooking oil, set aside.
2. In the same oil, sauté garlic and onion. But in lime, soy, pepper, tomato sauce, bay leaf and salt. Simmer for 3-5min.
3. Add meat and water. Cover and simmer until meat is tender.
4. Add potatoes and carrot. When vegetables are done, slice meat. Arrange on a platter with vegetables. Strain sauce and pout over meat.

Source: GlobalPinoy