Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vietnamese beef stew (bo kho). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have vietnamese beef stew (bo kho) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):
- Make ready 500 g beef cubes (preferably the one with some marbling)
- Get 2 tsp tsp sugar
- Make ready 1/2 tsp chicken stock powder (can be skipped)
- Prepare 1 tsp five spice
- Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
- Prepare 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Take 2-3 stalk lemongrass (smashed and cut into 2-3 pieces)
- Prepare 2-3 star anise
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (or 1 stick)
- Get 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Take 170 ml (1/2 a can) coconut water
- Get 3-4 carrots (cut to chunks)
- Prepare 2 cups water/beef stock
- Get 1/4 tsp pepper (or to your liking)
- Make ready 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
- Get 2 tbsp oil
Instructions to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):
- Marinate beef with sugar, ginger, (half portion of the garlic), soy sauce, 5 spice, pepper, and chicken powder. Marinate for at least 20 mins (longer is better).
- Heat the oil on the wok or frying pan. Stir in star anise, lemongrass, the remaining portion of garlic, and cinnamon stick/powder until aromatic.
- Stir in beef cubes and brown the beef.
- Transfer the beef to pressure cooker or casserole pan (or any sauce pan that has thick bottom). Add in tomato paste, coconut water and beef stock.
- If using pressure cooker, cook for 20 mins. If using normal stove, bring the stock to boil, cover and reduced to low-medium heat, cook until meat is tender (maybe 40-60 mins).
- Stir in the carrots, cook until carrots are tender. Taste and adjust the flavour. Add oyster sauce for a richer taste (this step is optional). - Turn off the heat, the beef stew is now ready to serve!
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