Braised Beef in Red Sauce

Name: Braised Beef in Red Sauce
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hot Dishes
Ingredients: to taste Beef; 5 piece Ginger slices; 4 piece rock sugar; 3 slice Bay leaf; 1 piece star anise; 1 piece Hundred Herbs; to taste dried tangerine peel shreds; 2 slice Angelica dahurica; to taste Sichuan pepper; 1 small piece Cinnamon; to taste Salt

Beef is seared then slowly braised with soy sauce, star anise and ginger until fork-tender. The deep mahogany sauce clings to every chunk, delivering intense, savory flavor.

45 minNewMedium Hot Dishes Simmer Five Spice

Instructions

1
Clean the beef and soak it repeatedly to remove the blood. Add water to a pot and put the beef in cold water.
2
After the water comes to a boil, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine and repeatedly skim off the foam.
3
Cook until the beef is no longer raw, then cut into pieces.
4
Add an appropriate amount of cooking oil to the pot and stir-fry the spices over low heat until fragrant.
5
Add an appropriate amount of braised soy sauce, then put in the beef chunks and stir-fry until colored.
6
Take out the beef and put it into the pressure cooker, add an appropriate amount of salt, fermented bean curd sauce, rock sugar, and ginger.
7
Press in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes. Since pressure cookers vary, please adjust the pressing time accordingly.
8
The beef has a rich flavor, a pleasant aroma, and is nutritious.