Chu Hou Braised Beef Brisket (柱侯牛腩)
A classic home style dish common in Guangdong and Hong Kong, that you can easily cook at home!
Equipment
- 1 Pot
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 500 g Beef Brisket
- 1 piece Turnip
- 20 g Rock sugar
- ½ tbsp Oil
- 5 slices Ginger
- 1 bunch Spring onion (Cut into 5cm length)
- 2 cloves Garlic (Minced)
- 2 cups Hot water
Seasonings
- 2 tbsp Chu Hou sauce
- 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- ½ tbsp Shaoxing wine or Chinese rice wine
- ½ tbsp Salt
- 3 pieces Bay leaves
- 2 pieces Star anise
Instructions
- Prepare all seasonings and ingredients.
- Soak the beef brisket in boiling water and cook for 15 minutes.
- Rinse the beef brisket withcold water and dice it to 3cm x 3cm cubes.
- Heat a pot with oil, ginger, garlic and spring onion. Add rock sugar and all seasonings into the pot. Then add the beef brisket and stir fry them well.
- Add a cup of hot water and stew the beef brisket for an hour.Tips: Use strong heat for first 15mins and very low heat for 45 mins can make your brisket turn tendon and full of flavours.
- Peel the turnip and dice it into 3cm x 3cm cubes. Add the turnip in the brisket and let it stew for another 30-45 mins. Then you can serve it!
