This slow cooked beef means you can make this with economical cuts of beef. It's very tasty and easy to make.
| Braised star anise beef | |
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| Braised star anise beef and very special egg fried rice | |
| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Calories per serving: | 299 |
| Ready in: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
| Cook time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Difficulty: | 
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 24th October 2012 |
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Best recipe reviewMinimalist, but tasty 4.5/5 The flavours of star anise make this a winner. Looks a bit plain though. |
Ingredients
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- 2 tablespoons groundnut oil
- 450 g (1 lb) cubed stewing steak / chuck steak etc
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water - more if required
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 whole star anise cloves
Method
- Heat the oil in a wok and brown the beef on all sides
- Add the remaining ingredients and bring to the boil, cover and reduce the heat and simmer for 45 minutes. I prefer to cover the wok whilst simmering, or it does dry out.
- Turn the meat over and add a little more water if the meat is drying out. Remove the cover now so it can reduce a little.
- Simmer for a further 45 minutes
- If it is too wet, just turn the heat up for a few minutes and reduce a little. I think this should be quite dry, as pictured.
- Remove from the wok, discarding the star anise, keep warm and rest for 5 minutes
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Almost done
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Still wet at the stewing stage
Serving suggestions
Serve with egg fried rice or even the pictured very special egg fried rice, which was a brilliant surprise and a meal in itself.
This would be good cold too, maybe with a salad.
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