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Cantonese Braised Beef Brisket

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Servings: 4
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg beef brisket cut into 1x2 inch pieces
  • 600 g daikon radish cut into 1 inch rounds the half it
  • 1 large carrot cut into 1 inch rounds
  • 5-6 slices old ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled
  • 2 tbsp chu hou sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp rock sugar or brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp cooking wine
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce or to taste
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 star anise
  • 1-2 dried orange peels
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cinnamon stick
  • Salt and white pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • Spring onions to garnish
  • Cilantro to garnish
  • Corn starch slurry optional

Method
 

  1. Place beef in a large mixing bowl, and blanch with hot boiling water.
  2. Drain and set aside.
  3. Heat up your French oven or pot, then add cooking and sesame oil.
  4. Saute ginger and garlic until fragrant.
  5. Add chu hou, oyster, and hoisin sauce in pot and stir fry on low for a minute.
  6. Then add beef, carrot, radish, bay leaf, orange peel, star anise, cinnamon, and cooking wine.
  7. Brown beef for about 3 minutes under medium heat.
  8. Then add light, dark soy sauce, and sugar. Toss to coat.
  9. Add 2 cups of water, and bring to boil.
  10. Give it a stir, and lower heat to low and simmer with lid on for 2.5 hours or until beef is tender.
  11. Stir every 30 minutes or so.
  12. Season with salt and white pepper to taste.
  13. Stir in corn starch slurry to thicken sauce (optional).
  14. Remove from heat, and garnish with spring onions and cilantro.

Notes

Adapted from Yi Reservation