Recipe: By popular demand - hubby's beef brisket

Cantonese style beef brisket (柱侯蘿蔔炆牛腩)

1 beef belly (brisket) (牛坑腩) (approx. 1.5-2.0 lbs)

4 cloves garlic

5 slices Ginger

1 cube Fermented red bean curd

2 cubes bean curd

1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 Small piece of rock sugar

2 whole Star Anise

3 cups daikon radish, peeled and chopped into cubes

 

1. boil water with 2 slices ginger

2. put beef brisket into boiling hot water for 5 – 10 min

3. take the beef brisket out and rinse with cold water.  Discard the water.

4. cut the beef in an 1/2 inch cubes

5. heat oil in a pot

6. Add ginger and garlic for 1 – 2 min.  Stir.

7.  put the beef into the pot and cook for a few min to brown the meat

8.  put the red bean curd, bean curd, soy sauce (light and dark), oyster sauce to the pot

9.  Add water enough to cover the beef

10.  Cover with lid and bring to a boil. 

11.  add rock sugar and star anise to it

12.  Then reduce the heat to simmer, covered, for one hour stirring occasionally. 

13.  Turn the heat off and cover over night (or simmer for another 2 hr)

14.  Liquid should reduce.  Add more water if necessary.

15.  add the daikon radish and turn up the heat to bring to boil

16.  reduce heat to simmer and covered for another hr until the radish is soft (stirring occasionally)

 

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