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Deep fried crispy beef tripe

Published: 11.23.2010 » Last updated: 05.01.2022

Beef tripe cooked until tender is cooled, sliced, marinated in Vietnamese mixed fish sauce, tossed in starch, and deep fried until golden and crisp. Served with a tangy and spicy dipping sauce, crispy beef tripe may be enjoyed as an appetizer, snack or main course.

Deep-fried Crispy Beef Tripe with Dipping Sauce

My husband, Speedy, discovers the most unusual recipes. Ironically, the ones he finds are recipes I won’t even give a second thought to and I start asking myself why I didn’t discover them in the first place.

This deep fried crispy beef tripe is one of them. He saw something similar on a British web site (the site no longer exists) back in 2010, tweaked the recipe and came up with a winner. This is just an updated version with better and more illustrative photos.

The recipe. It’s so simple, really. It’s the long simmering time for the tripe to become tender that requires patience. It’s a process that you just can’t hurry up. A pressure cooker will shorten the cooking time but if you like total control over the texture, a slow cooker or simmering on the stovetop is a better idea. You can check the tripe’s progress occasionally so that there’s no risk of overcooking it.

Tossing seasoned cooked beef tripe with corn starch

Whichever way you choose to cook the tripe, the rest of the procedure for frying it is the same. You cut the tripe into strips, you marinate the tender strips, you toss in starch then deep fry.

Starch, not flour? If you use wheat flour, you had better consume the tripe fast because the crispy coating will stay that way for long. If you use starch, the fried tripe will stay crisp longer. Note, however, that starch should be used sparingly. A little dusting goes a long way. Overdo the starch and the coating will be too dense.

Deep frying floured beef tripe until golden and crisp

The frying part does not take long. Five to seven minutes over high heat and the surface of the tripe turns perfectly golden and crisp. For best results, fry the tripe in batches. You don’t want them to clamp together and neither do you want the temperature of the oil to drop.

Full recipe below

Deep fried crispy beef tripe

Connie Veneracion
What tripe is best? Either honeycomb or blanket tripe should be good, but NOT leaf or book tripe. If you’re new at cooking beef tripe, there are three kinds with each coming from a distinct part of the cow’s stomach. In the market, tripe is often sold bleached which gives the offal a whiter appearance. Unbleached tripe is more yellow than white.
Deep-fried Crispy Beef Tripe
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 8 hrs 15 mins
8 hrs
Total Time 16 hrs 30 mins
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Fusion
Servings 3 people

Ingredients
  

For simmering the tripe

  • 500 grams beef tripe - honeycomb or blanket
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon whole peppercorns
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 shallot - halved
  • 1 half-inch knob ginger
  • 1 bay leaf

Vietnamese mixed fish sauce

  • 4 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 4 tablespoons calamansi juice - or lemon or lime juice
  • 2 tablespoon refined sugar
  • 2 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • 2 bird's eye chilies - thinly sliced

For frying

  • ¼ to ⅓ cup corn starch
  • cooking oil

Instructions
 

Simmer the tripe

  • Rinse the tripe well. Use a soft brush to scrub the surface to remove any impurities. Rinse again and place in a pot.
  • Pour enough water into the pot to cover the tripe completely. Bring to the boil and boil hard for about 10 minutes. Drain, discard the water and rinse the tripe well.
  • Put the tripe in a clean pot and cover with water. Add the salt, peppercorns, garlic, shallot, ginger and bay leaf. Simmer until tender. Top with water as needed every two hours or so.
  • Drain the tripe and cool.

Marinate the tripe

  • Cut the cooled tripe into strips about half an inch wide and three inches long.
  • Place the tripe strips in a bowl, add half of the Vietnamese mixed fish sauce. Mix well.
  • Cover the bowl and marinate the tripe in the fridge overnight.

Deep fry the tripe

  • Heat enough cooking oil in a wok or pan to reach a depth of at least three inches.
  • Drain the tripe and discard the strips of kaffir lime leaves.
  • Add the starch to the drained tripe and toss to coat each piece well with starch.
  • When the oil is hot, drop the starched tripe strips into it. Fry, about 10 to 12 pieces at a time, until a deep golden crust forms on the surface of the tripe.
  • Drain the deep-fried tripe on a rack or a stack of paper towels.
  • Serve the deep-fried crispy tripe with the remaining half of the Vietnamese mixed fish sauce for dipping.
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Keyword Beef tripe

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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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