• One-Pot Chinese Braised Beef

    From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to All on Wed Apr 10 07:37:01 2024
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    Title: One-Pot Chinese Braised Beef
    Categories: Beef, Chinese
    Yield: 1 Batch

    3 tb Olive oil; up to 4 tb
    6 cl Garlic; thinly sliced
    1 Fresh ginger piece; thumb
    -sized, peeled and shredded
    1 bn Spring onions; sliced
    1 Red chilli; deseeded and
    -thinly sliced
    1 kg Braising beef; cut into
    -large pieces (we used ox
    -cheek)
    2 tb Plain flour; well seasoned
    1 ts Chinese five-spice powder
    2 Star anise (optional)
    2 ts Light muscovado sugar (or
    -use whatever you've got)
    3 tb Chinese cooking wine or dry
    -sherry
    3 tb Dark soy sauce; plus more to
    -serve
    500 ml Beef stock (we used Knorr
    -Touch of Taste)
    Bok choi; steamed
    Basmati rice; to serve

    Heat 2 tb of the oil in a large, shallow casserole. Fry the garlic,
    ginger, onions and chilli for 3 minutes until soft and fragrant. Tip
    onto a plate. Toss the beef in the flour, add 1 tb more oil to the
    pan, then brown the meat in batches, adding the final tbsp oil if you
    need to. It should take about 5 minutes to brown each batch properly.

    Add the five-spice and star anise (if using) to the pan, tip in the
    gingery mix, then fry for 1 minute until the spices are fragrant. Add
    the sugar, then the beef and stir until combined. Keep the heat high,
    then splash in the wine or sherry, scraping up any meaty bits. Heat
    oven to 150°C/fan 130°C/gas 2.

    Pour in the soy and stock (it won't cover the meat completely), bring
    to a simmer, then tightly cover, transfer to the oven and cook for 1
    to 2 hours, stirring the meat halfway through. The meat should be
    very soft, and any sinewy bits should have melted away. Season with
    more soy. This can now be chilled and frozen for up to 1 month.

    Nestle the cooked bok choi into the pan, then bring to the table with
    the basmati rice straight away and tuck in.

    Recipe FROM: <gemini://gmi.noulin.net/cooking/103.gmi>

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