Braised beef brisket with tomatoes

Method

1. 01

   Step 1

   Choose the best beef brisket, with a good balance of fat and lean.

   

2. 02

   Step 2

   After soaking the beef brisket in water, cut it into large chunks.

   

3. 03

   Step 3

   Prepare the seasonings for stewing the beef brisket. Because my child can't eat spicy food, I didn't add chili peppers. Actually, adding some chili peppers would make it taste even better.

   

4. 04

   Step 4

   Put the meat in a pot of cold water and boil to remove the blood foam.

   

5. 05

   Step 5

   Do not boil the water. Skim off the foam as soon as it appears in the pot. Otherwise, the foam will form small particles that are difficult to remove once the water boils.

   

6. 06

   Step 6

   After skimming, the beef chunks were white, and the broth was clear and very clean.

   

7. 07

   Step 7

   After being scooped out, set aside for later use.

   

8. 08

   Step 8

   In a separate pan, add oil and heat it.

   

9. 09

   Step 9

   First, stir-fry the Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant.

   

10. 10

    Step 10

    Once the Sichuan peppercorns have released their aroma and changed color, remove them from the oil. This will keep the dish clean and retain the Sichuan peppercorn flavor.

    

11. 11

    Step 11

    Add star anise, cinnamon, ginger slices, scallions, and garlic cloves in that order and sauté until fragrant.

    

12. 12

    Step 12

    Then put the beef brisket chunks into the pot.

    

13. 13

    Step 13

    Add cooking wine to remove fishy smell

    

14. 14

    Step 14

    Add dark soy sauce for color.

    

15. 15

    Step 15

    Add yellow rock sugar to enhance the flavor.

    

16. 16

    Step 16

    Add a little salt to taste, then stir-fry evenly.

    

17. 17

    Step 17

    Add enough hot water to cover the meat, and simmer. Do not add cold water, as this will make the meat tough and dry.

    

18. 18

    Step 18

    Pour all the meat and broth into a pressure cooker and stew it. This will shorten the cooking time. Select the automatic stewing function.

    

19. 19

    Step 19

    When the automatic stewing function is finished, open the pressure cooker. The beef brisket is cooked. Remove the scallion segments and ginger slices.

    

20. 20

    Step 20

    Heat the oil in a separate pan again.

    

21. 21

    Step 21

    Add the prepared diced tomatoes and stir-fry, mainly to extract the tomato juice.

    

22. 22

    Step 22

    Add soybean paste and stir-fry evenly.

    

23. 23

    Step 23

    Then put the large chunks of tomatoes into the pot.

    

24. 24

    Step 24

    Pour in the stewed beef brisket chunks and broth.

    

25. 25

    Step 25

    Add a little salt again to season.

    

26. 26

    Step 26

    Adjust until it suits your taste.

    

27. 27

    Step 27

    Braised beef brisket with tomatoes is now ready.