Chinese Beef Recipes - Chinese Braised Beef Recipe

Ingredients

• 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 900 g/2 lb chuck steak

• 1 spring onion (scallion), sliced

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1 slice ginger root, minced

• 60 ml/4 tbsp soy sauce

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 5 ml/1 tsp sugar

• 5 ml/1 tsp salt

• pinch of pepper

• 750 ml/3 cups boiling water

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Method:

1. Heat the oil and brown the beef quickly on all sides. Add the spring onion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, wine or sherry, sugar, salt and pepper.

2. Bring to the boil, stirring. Add the boiling water, bring back to the boil, stirring, then cover and simmer for about 2 hours until the beef is tender.