Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉)

Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉)
Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉)

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chinese braised beef shank (酱牛肉). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉) is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chinese braised beef shank (酱牛肉) using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉):
  1. Take beef shank
  2. Make ready cinnamon stick (桂皮)
  3. Prepare cao guo (草果)
  4. Get star anise (八角)
  5. Take bay leaf (香叶)
  6. Get small handful of Sichuan pepper (花椒)
  7. Get small handful of cumin (小茴香)
  8. Get dried chili pepper (reduce or none if no spicy)
  9. Take green onion
  10. Make ready fresh ginger
  11. Get garlic
  12. Take white rock sugar (冰糖)
  13. Get soy sauce (生抽)
  14. Make ready dark soy sauce (老抽)
  15. Get Sake or cooking wine
Instructions to make Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉):
  1. Prepare all ingredients.
  2. Cut beef shank to proper size. Wash with water. Soak in water and place in the fridge for 1 hr. Change water multiple times during the process to remove blood.
  3. Drain or remove excess water with paper towel. Place in freezer for 1 hr.
  4. Place a pot on stove. Add water and bring to boil. Add all solid and liquid spices. Make sure the broth can fully submerge the meat. When broth starts to boil again, place meat in pot and braise for 1.5 hrs on medium/medium-low.
  5. Remove pot from stove. Soak the meat in broth and let it cool down. When it reaches room temperature, place the pot of meat and broth in fridge and let the meat absorb more flavor overnight. Cut meat into slices and enjoy with some soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil!

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