Mechado (Filipino beef stew)

Ingredients
1 k. beef (cut into pieces)

cooking oil

4 cloves garlic (crushed)

1 onion (sliced)

2 . potatoes (quartered, fried)

1 carrot (cut round)

2 tbsps. lemon juice

2 tbsps. soy sauce, salt, peppercorn

1 cup tomato sauce

1 pc. Laurel

hot water
Directions
Brown meat in cooking oil. set aside.
In same oil sauté garlic and onion. add lemon, soy sauce, peppercorn, tomato sauce, laurel and salt, simmer for a few minutes then add water. cover and simmer.
Add potatoes and carrot when meat is tender