Braised Beef (Red-Cooked Beef)

Name: Braised Beef (Red-Cooked Beef)
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 pounds beef short ribs, cut into pieces; 3 carrots, cut into pieces; 1 daikon radish, cut into pieces; 1/3 can rice wine; 3 tablespoons doubanjiang (fermented bean paste); 4 1/4 cups water (1000 cc); 1 onion; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons rock sugar; Ginger, sliced, to taste; Chili peppers (to taste)

Lulu Box @cook_21553583

I really love eating red-cooked beef from ready-to-eat packs, but I always felt they weren't that tasty 😂, so I decided to make it myself, and it turned out really delicious.

Lulu Box @cook_21553583

I really love eating red-cooked beef from ready-to-eat packs, but I always felt they weren't that tasty 😂, so I decided to make it myself, and it turned out really delicious.

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Ingredients

2 hours

Serves 4 servings

4 poundsbeef short ribs, cut into pieces
3carrots, cut into pieces
1daikon radish, cut into pieces
1/3 canrice wine
3 tablespoonsdoubanjiang (fermented bean paste)
4 1/4 cupswater (1000 cc)
1onion
2 tablespoonssoy sauce
2 tablespoonsrock sugar
Ginger, sliced, to taste
Chili peppers (to taste)
1 spice packet (available at supermarkets or Chinese herbal stores)

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Steps

2 hours

1

Blanch the beef short ribs.
2

Add a little oil to a pan and sauté the ginger, then add the beef short ribs and stir-fry. After a brief stir-fry, transfer to a stew pot, add the spice packet, rice wine, and water.
3

In an oiled pan, sauté the onion, then add the doubanjiang, rock sugar, and soy sauce. Stir until dissolved, then add to the stew pot. Once it boils, simmer on low heat for one hour.
4

After one hour, add the carrots and daikon radish and continue to simmer for another half hour.