Recipe and source notes

Braised Anise Beef

6 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Beef chuck
  • 1 Clove garlic
  • 2 tablespoons Oil
  • 3 tablespoons Soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Water
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Sherry
  • 1 dsh Pepper
  • 2 Cloves star anise
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar

Make it step by step

  1. 1. Leave beef whole. Crush garlic.
  2. 2. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Brown beef quickly on all sides.
  3. 3. Add garlic, soy sauce, water, salt, sherry, pepper and star anise, and heat. Simmer, covered, 1 hour. (Use an asbestos pad so meat won't burn.)
  4. 4. Turn meat. Add sugar and simmer slowly 1 hour more. Serve hot or cold.
  5. NOTE: If the meat gets too dry during cooking, add 1 tablespoon water mixed with 1 tablespoon soy sauce.

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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