Braised Beef with White Radish

Name: Braised Beef with White Radish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500 g Beef (washed and cut into 5–6 cm cubes); 1 White radish (peeled, washed, and cut into 5–6 cm cubes); Cinnamon bark, a small piece; 1 Star anise; 2 slices Bay leaves; 1 Small red chili; 1 Ginger (smashed); 2 spoonfuls Cooking wine; 2 spoonfuls Light soy sauce; 1 spoonful Dark soy sauce; 3 or 4 Green onions; 1 spoonful Fine salt

Beef and white radish chunks are slow-simmered with aromatic spices, yielding a rich, deeply flavored broth that's warming and nourishing.

1h 50m

Easy

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Ingredients

Beef (washed and cut into 5–6 cm cubes) 500 g

White radish (peeled, washed, and cut into 5–6 cm cubes) 1

Cinnamon bark a small piece

Star anise 1

Bay leaves 2 slices

Small red chili 1

Ginger (smashed) 1

Cooking wine 2 spoonfuls

Light soy sauce 2 spoonfuls

Dark soy sauce 1 spoonful

Green onions 3 or 4

Fine salt 1 spoonful

Instructions

Blanching

Wash the beef and the peeled white radish, then cut both into 5–6 cm cubes. Fill a large clay pot with water, add the beef, and bring it to a boil. Skim off the blood foam until the beef broth becomes clear.

Braising

Add the washed cinnamon bark, star anise, bay leaves, small red chili, and smashed ginger to the broth. Pour in 2 spoonfuls of cooking wine, 2 spoonfuls of light soy sauce, and 1 spoonful of dark soy sauce. Cover the clay pot and simmer on medium-low heat for one hour.