Recipe - Red-Braised Beef

1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
3 pound Beef chuck, cut into 1 1/2
inch cubes
1 tablespoon Minced fresh ginger
2 Scallions, minced
One half cup Dry sherry
3 tablespoon Dark soy sauce
1 Whole star anise
1 tablespoon Sugar

1. In a saucepan, heat oil over high heat until just smoking and brown
beef cubes. Add minced ginger and scallions and stir fry until aromatic,
about 30 seconds.

2. Add sherry, soy sauce, star anise, sugar, and 1 cup of water. Bring to
a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat is tender when pricked
with a fork, 45 minutes to 1 hour. There should be about onethird of
cooking juices left. If there is more, remove meat and boil liquid over
high heat to reduce. Serve meat in juices.

This dish improves if prepared ahead of time and reheated. It also freezes
beautifully.

Source: 365 Ways to Cook Chinese

* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 12018223627 Posted by LISA on 071695

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #707 by Lisa Clarke lisa@gaf.com on Aug 1,
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