Kahlua Pot Roast

Inspired by Melissa d'Arabian's Ten Dollar Menu recipe from Food Network, I made  my own version of her Pot Roast Carbonade by changing some of the ingredients.  She used beer on her recipe but I used Kahlua on mine. Kahlua is a coffee liquor. I also added some Mirin (a Korean's sweet cooking rice seasoning) to it and it's absolutely savory.  So here's how.

You need: (no specific  measuring for this)

• Beef (cut into desired  pieces)
• One Onion (Chopped finely)
• Dried Prunes (optional)
• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Bacon, 2 strips
• Kahlua (or beer)
• Mirin (optional)

Preparations.

• Render the fat of the lardon in a pan.  I didn't have lardon so I used the regular bacon. Set aside.
• Caramelize the onion in a slow  heat.  Set aside when it's done.
• Brown the  beef to the pan, add some oil if you need to (I didn't).  It's important that you brown  all of the sides of the  beef.
• Add the kahlua or beer.  I only add like three tablespoon of it since I only have a small amount of beef.  
• Add a couple table spoon of Mirin (this is optional)
• Add the carrots, potatoes, prunes, bacon, and caramelized onions.  
• Cooked in a medium high heat for about 20 minutes till  the veggies are cooked.
  

This dish reminds me of the  Filipino dish called Humba.  It was really delicious.  I think this would be a regular menu   at our kitchen since my  husband loved it.  We both ate two plates  with this menu.  Yeah, I know, diets ruined lol.  We ate it with rice and  kimchi.