Chinese Style Braised Beef One Pot Recipe
Ingredients
| Olive oil | 4 Tablespoon | |
| Garlic | 6 Clove (5gm), thinly sliced | |
| Good thumb-size piece fresh root ginger, peeled and shredded | ||
| Spring onions | 1 Bunch (100gm), sliced | |
| 1 red chilli, deseeded and thinly sliced | ||
| Beef | 1.5 Kilogram, cut into pieces | |
| 2 tbsp plain flour, well seasoned | ||
| Five spice powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Star anise | 2 | |
| Muscovado sugar | 2 Teaspoon | |
| 3 tbsp Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry | ||
| 3 tbsp dark soy sauce, plus more to serve | ||
| Beef Stock | 500 Milliliter | |
| Steamed bok choi and steamed basmati rice, to serve | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1) Pre-heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas mark 2.
MAKING
1) In a large and shallow casserole, heat 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the garlic, ginger, onions and chilli and sauté for 3 mins till they become soft and aromatic. Transfer it to a plate.
2) In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil. Add a batch of meat and a spoonful of flour. Brown the beef. Add an another spoonful of oil if you like. It will take about 5 mins to brown each batch of meat. Remove all the beef and set aside.
3) In the same pan, add in the five-spice and star anise. Add the ginger-garlic-chili mix. Sauté for a minute till the spices emit a good aroma.
4) Add the wine or sherry. Scuff up any meaty bits sticking to the pan.
5) Add the soy and stock and bring it to a simmer.
FINALIZING
6) Cover the casserole tightly, and bake for 1 1/2-2 hrs, stirring the meat once halfway through. The meat should be cooked and tender.
7) Remove from heat and add more soy to season.
8) Add the cooked bok choi into the pan and nestle it with the meat.
SERVING
9) Serve the dish with cooked basmati rice straight away.
1) Pre-heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas mark 2.
MAKING
1) In a large and shallow casserole, heat 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the garlic, ginger, onions and chilli and sauté for 3 mins till they become soft and aromatic. Transfer it to a plate.
2) In the same pan, add a teaspoon of oil. Add a batch of meat and a spoonful of flour. Brown the beef. Add an another spoonful of oil if you like. It will take about 5 mins to brown each batch of meat. Remove all the beef and set aside.
3) In the same pan, add in the five-spice and star anise. Add the ginger-garlic-chili mix. Sauté for a minute till the spices emit a good aroma.
4) Add the wine or sherry. Scuff up any meaty bits sticking to the pan.
5) Add the soy and stock and bring it to a simmer.
FINALIZING
6) Cover the casserole tightly, and bake for 1 1/2-2 hrs, stirring the meat once halfway through. The meat should be cooked and tender.
7) Remove from heat and add more soy to season.
8) Add the cooked bok choi into the pan and nestle it with the meat.
SERVING
9) Serve the dish with cooked basmati rice straight away.
Chef
