【Yantai】Braised beef

Overview

Braised Beef with Tomatoes is a very appetizing home-cooked dish. Beef is rich in nutrients. Tomatoes have the effects of producing body fluids and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and digestion, clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver, nourishing blood and increasing appetite. Pairing the two together makes it savory and appetizing. Beef is rich in protein, and its amino acid composition is closer to the needs of the human body than pork. It can improve the body's disease resistance. It is especially suitable for people who are growing and developing, recovering from surgery or illness, in terms of supplementing blood loss and repairing tissues. Eating beef in the cold winter has the effect of warming the stomach and strengthening the body. It is a good tonic in the cold winter.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chinese banquet
• winter recipes
• beef
• chenpi
• cooking wine
• dried chili pepper
• ginger
• green onions
• light soy sauce
• old soy sauce
• pixian doubanjiang
• star anise
• sugar
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• garlic
• salt
• tomatoes

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the beef and cut into chunks.

   

2. 2 Put the pot under cold water and blanch the beef pieces. After the water boils, skim off the foam.

   

3. 3 Prepare other ingredients: Peel tomatoes and cut into chunks, cut green onions into sections, break and remove seeds from dry red peppers, slice ginger, prepare two cloves of garlic, half a spoonful of Sichuan peppercorns, one star anise, and a piece of tangerine peel.

   

4. 4 Heat the pan with cold oil and stir-fry the Sichuan peppercorns. When the Sichuan peppercorns turn black, remove them and discard them, leaving the Sichuan peppercorn oil in the pot.

   

5. 5 Add onion, ginger, garlic, chili pepper, and star anise and slowly stir-fry over low heat until fragrant.

   

6. 6 Add half a spoonful of Pixian bean paste and stir-fry until red oil comes out.

   

7. 7 Add the blanched diced beef and stir-fry evenly.

   

8. 8 Add enough water.

   

9. 9 Add tomato chunks.

   

10. 10 Add tangerine peel, and after the water boils, add a tablespoon of cooking wine.

    

11. 11 Add dark soy sauce and light soy sauce.

    

12. 12 Add salt and some sugar.

    

13. 13 Simmer over low heat for an hour, then turn up the heat until the soup thickens.

    

14. 14 Sprinkle a little coriander and take it out of the pan.

    

15. 15 The meat is tender, salty and delicious, and goes very well with rice.