
Filipino tapa is addictive: simple pantry ingredients marry salty, sweet, sour, and savory flavors into one dish. Oyster mushroom make a good substitute for beef if you’re going meatless. You can top this tapa recipe with garlic bits and serve with brown rice.

Mushroom Tapa Recipe
This is a vegetarian recipe for the classic Filipino beef tapa!
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Resting Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Main Dishes
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 5
Ingredients
Mushroom Tapa Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce
- 1/4 Cup muscovado sugar or white sugar
- 2 tablespoons Calamansi Juice or vinegar
- 1 head Garlic crushed or chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 500 Grams oyster mushrooms separted (about 6 to 7 lightly packed cups)
- vegetable oil
- Garlic sliced and fried, to serve
- garlic rice to serve
- tomatoes sliced, to serve
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce, ¼ cup water, sugar, calamansi juice, garlic, and pepper in a large bowl. Add mushrooms and mix. Set aside and allow to marinate for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Warm 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Drain mushroom tapa; reserve marinade. Cook mushrooms in batches until deep brown on both sides, stirring occasionally to allow sugar to caramelize. Transfer mushrooms to a serving dish.
- Add reserved marinade to the skillet and bring to a simmer. Pour marinade over mushrooms.
- Top tapa with fried garlic bits. Serve with garlic rice and sliced tomatoes.
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