Homemade Spicy Braised Beef

In life, everyone cannot do without the word "eating", which is the most basic need for our survival. In order to meet this demand, many people are looking for all kinds of delicious food everywhere, but they don’t realize that their health will be lost. But if you can cook some delicious food yourself, you will not only enjoy the meal but also eat healthily. So, let me introduce to you how to make homemade spicy braised beef.

1. Cut the beef into large pieces (my beef tendon was about 2.5 pounds, and I cut it into 6 pieces). If time permits, try to soak the cut beef in cold water for half an hour to remove the blood. I forgot to take a picture of this step.

2. Cut the green onion into sections and the ginger into slices.

3. Put an appropriate amount of water and a few slices of ginger in the soup pot, and blanch the cut beef tendon in cold water.

4. Take out the blanched beef, rinse off the foam and set aside.

5. In another soup pot, add appropriate amount of water (enough to cover most of the beef) and spices such as scallion, ginger, star anise, peppercorns and dried chilies.

6. Add 2 spoons of dark soy sauce, mainly for color enhancement, but not too much.

7. Add 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce to enhance the flavor.

8. Add appropriate amount of cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

9. Add another half spoonful of sugar to enhance the flavor.

10. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for about 15 minutes to make the marinade.

11. After the marinade is cooked, add the cut and washed beef cubes.

12. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes.

13. After 20 minutes, turn to low heat and cook for 1 hour. After cooking on low heat for half an hour, add appropriate amount of salt to season (the marinade should be slightly salty).

14. Cover the pot again and simmer on low heat until the beef is cooked (if you can't control the time well, you can poke the meat with chopsticks. If you can poke it in, it is basically done).

15. Take out the braised beef and let it cool down. Put it in a fresh-keeping box, pour a little soup in it, and refrigerate it overnight (for better flavor).

16. Slice the braised beef and pour the sauce on it or dip it in the sauce according to your taste.

17. To preserve the old marinade: Take a portion of the marinade and filter out the spices (not too much, 200-300ml is enough), put it in a fresh-keeping box, let it cool and refrigerate. If you haven’t been braising anything recently, it’s best to keep it in the freezer. When you have time, take it out and cook it and then put it back in the freezer.

Maybe you have eaten countless delicacies from land and sea, or maybe you have never cooked by yourself. But after reading the instructions for making homemade spicy braised beef, you will definitely want to try it yourself, so take action now.