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Braised Beef with Potatoes

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In China,”Braised beef with potatoes”is a common family dish and”braising”is also the most common method of cooking beef.

From the North to the South,many families cook this dish their own way.For example,Sichuan people put in hot pepper sauce to get the”spicy”braised beef,while Cantonese people turn this braising dish to a stewed style.

Now,let’s learn how to cook”Braised beef with potatoes”.

Recipe

Ingredients:

500g beef

200g potatoes

Seasoning:

50g vegetable oil,20g soy sauce,20g cooking wine,5g star anise,5g prickly ash,10g salt,20g sugar,10 finely-cut shallot,10g crushed ginger,20g cornstarch water mixture.

Directions:

Cut the beef and potatoes into cubes of 3cm.Put them in the boiling water for 2-3minutes,then take out.

Heat the oil in the wok to a boiling.Put in the finely cut shallots and crushed ginger until they produce a strong aroma.Then put in the beef cubes,soy sauce,cooking wine,sugar and salt and stir-fry evenly.

Put in proper water,prickly ash,star anise and bring them to boil.Then use low fire to braise them for 30-50 minutes.Put the potato in the wok 20-30 minutes later.

Put in the cornstarch-water mixture when the potatoes become softened.Change to strong fire until the water nearly dries up and then the dish is ready to serve.

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