Sanyuan Beef Head Cubes
Beef head meat and mature hen are slowly braised until tender, then served with three kinds of vegetable balls in a rich, full-bodied sauce.
Ingredients
Yellow cattle beef head (remove horns, scorch skin, scrape clean, debone)
to taste
Old hen
to taste
Dried scallops
to taste
Pork hock
to taste
Carrot (cut into balls)
to taste
Winter melon (cut into balls)
to taste
Green bamboo shoot (cut into balls)
to taste
Fine salt
to taste
Cooking wine
to taste
Scallion
to taste
Ginger
to taste
Dark soy sauce
to taste
Superior stock
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Remove the horns from the beef head, scorch the skin surface, scrape it clean, place it in a pot and cook it through. Lift it out, remove the bone, and scrape it clean again.
2
Step 2
Add scallions, the old hen, dried scallops, pork hock, ginger, cooking wine, and water to the beef head meat, and cook until completely tender. Remove and let cool, then cut into rectangular blocks. Add fine salt, dark soy sauce, and superior stock, simmer until well-flavored, and arrange in a serving dish.
3
Step 3
Use a ball cutter to shape the carrot, winter melon, and green bamboo shoot into balls, braise them in superior stock until cooked through, and arrange beside the beef head cubes to serve.
