Braised anise beef #2
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pounds | Beef chuck |
| 2 | slices | Fresh ginger root |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
| 2 | cups | Water |
| ½ | cup | Soy sauce |
| 2 | Cloves star anise | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sherry |
Directions
1. Leave beef whole. Slice and crush ginger root.
2. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Brown beef quickly.
3. Add ginger root, water, soy sauce, star anise, sugar and salt, and heat.
Simmer, covered, 1-½ hours, basting occasionally.
4. Add sherry and simmer, covered, 15 minutes more.
5. Increase heat to medium and cook, uncovered, turning meat and stirring sauce, until most of the liquid is absorbed. (Be careful not to burn meat.) Serve hot or cold. VARIATIONS:
For the white sugar, substitute brown sugar.
In step 3, add a 1-inch piece of cinnamon stick.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .