Authentic Chinese dish：Braised Beef Brisket

Name: Authentic Chinese dish：Braised Beef Brisket
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600 g beef brisket; 4-5 small Potatoes; 1 tbsp ginger powder; 4 cloves garlic（finely chopped）; 1 tbsp Sugar; 5 tbsp beer; 4 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 pcs star anise; 2 pcs bay leaves; 1 pc Cinnamon stick; 2-4 pcs dried chilli; 1 tbsp green onions （for garnish）; 1 tbsp salt; 2 boiled eggs（optional）

Yaffa Zeng @cook_114370920

It's one of the most authentic and common Chinese dish, also it's my favorite dish since my childhood, perfectly match with rice or noodles.

Yaffa Zeng @cook_114370920

It's one of the most authentic and common Chinese dish, also it's my favorite dish since my childhood, perfectly match with rice or noodles.

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Ingredients

2 hours

2 people

600 gbeef brisket
4-5small Potatoes
1 tbspginger powder
4 clovesgarlic（finely chopped）
1 tbspSugar
5 tbspbeer
4 tbspsoy sauce
1 tbspoyster sauce
2 pcsstar anise
2 pcsbay leaves
1 pcCinnamon stick
2-4 pcsdried chilli
1 tbspgreen onions （for garnish）
1 tbspsalt
2boiled eggs（optional）

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Steps

2 hours

1

Blanch the beef：
Cut the beef Brisket into small pieces, rinse it. Put it and ginger into a pot of cold water, cook for 12mins, Skim off the blood foam and drain the water (Could rinse with hot water after boiling to remove impurities).
2

Caramelize the sugar：
Heat the oil and put 1 spoon sugar, with medium-low heat until the sugar melted and gets slight brown, Turn to high heat add beef to stir-fry until the surface is crispy.
3

Add aromatics:
Add ginger, garlic, bay leaves, star anise, Cinnamon stick into the pan, stir-fry for 1–2 minutes until fragrant.
4

Simmer the beef：
Pour boiling water and 5 spoons beer into the wok until the beef totally soaked in, (or put them into a new casserole), add some dried chillis (2-4pcs), light soy sauce (5 tbsps), oyster sauce (1 tbsp), cover, and simmer for about 1.5 hours. (Do not add salt at this stage to keep the beef tender.)
5

Add potatoes：
Add the potatoes （and hard-boiled egg）to the casserole and continue simmering for another 30 minutes until both beef and potatoes are tender.
6

Final seasoning：
Stir in salt. Cook for another 5 minutes.
7

Serve：
Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped green onions. Serve hot with steamed rice or noodles.