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Braised Beef in Red Sauce

Braised Beef in Red Sauce

Beef turns fork-tender after just twenty minutes in the pressure cooker, braised in soy, fermented tofu brine, and warm spices. Deep mahogany sauce, melt-in-mouth meat, a set-it-and-forget-it Sunday classic.

Instructions

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    Wash the beef, soak it and change the water several times until there is no blood. Put an appropriate amount of water, scallion segments, and cooking wine in a pot, add the beef, bring it to a boil, and cook until no longer raw.

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    This is beef cooked with no blood water.

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    Scoop out and cut into pieces.

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    While hot, pour in light soy sauce and braised soy sauce, and mix until evenly colored.

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    Then add various seasonings, salt, and sugar.

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    Pour into the pressure cooker, and finally pour in the fermented bean curd sauce, then cook under pressure for 20 minutes.

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    The brewing time is up, and the aroma is overflowing.

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    Remove the beef, strain out the residue and discard it. Both braised soy sauce and fermented bean curd contribute to coloring.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Beef
    to taste
  • star anise
    1 piece
  • Sichuan pepper powder
    to taste
  • Angelica dahurica
    2 slice
  • mast
    2个(上色作用)
  • dried red chili
    2 piece
  • fermented bean curd sauce
    to taste

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • scallion sections
    to taste

Seasonings

  • Bay leaf
    2 slice
  • Cinnamon
    a pinch
  • Salt
    to taste
  • light soy sauce
    to taste
  • Braised Soy Sauce
    to taste
  • Sugar
    1 spoon