Braised Beef Short Ribs
A Chinese recipe for braised beef ribs (红烧牛排骨) featuring beef ribs, scallion and ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and bay leaves.
Ingredients
beef short ribs
1000 g
scallion and ginger
to taste
Sichuan peppercorns
to taste
star anise
to taste
bay leaves
2 slices
cooking wine
3 tbsp
Shaoxing wine
3 tbsp
rock sugar
5 pieces
dark soy sauce
2 tbsp
light soy sauce
2 tbsp
salt
a pinch
cilantro
1
ginger
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
The finished dish.
2
Step 2
Cut the beef short ribs into small pieces and soak for 1 hour. Add cold water to a pot, add the ribs along with the cooking wine and Sichuan peppercorns, and blanch.
3
Step 3
Rinse the ribs clean after blanching.
4
Step 4
Prepare all the seasonings.
5
Step 5
Place the blanched ribs in a pressure cooker, add all the seasonings, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water, and cover. Once the pot comes to pressure, simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it rest for another 20 minutes so the flavors can soak in.
6
Step 6
Open the lid; the beef is fall-apart tender and delicious.
7
Step 7
Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle with cilantro.
8
Step 8
Time to dig in!
