Chinese braised beef with ginger

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• st.k8

  13 November 2011

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  Loved it will definitely be making again. Great for having when guests are round

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• chocolatequeen

  15 November 2011

  chocolatequeen commented on this recipe

  Made this last night and it was absolutely gorgeous! I have to say I didn't bother with the additional fried ginger and substituted fish sauce as I didn't have light soy. It went down well with all my family, including my husband who wasn't keen when I showed him the recipe beforehand. I think it would be really nice with pork as well. I served it with jasmine rice and stir fried cabbage sprinkled with sesame seed oil & soy sauce. My cabbage hating son asked for seconds of that!

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• Grubs up

  17 November 2011

  Grubs up rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A really nice dish packed with flavour, however it really didn't need the peppercorns as every now and again I got a real kick of the pepper taste and nothing else. Next time I'll use a tiny bit of ground pepper instead.

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• daviesx4

  17 November 2011

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  Fantastic flavours and aromas with this dish.

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• Vivien Baker

  19 November 2011

  Vivien Baker rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made it twice, it's fabulous.

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• Ruthy

  19 November 2011

  Ruthy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is lush! I didn't reduce the sauce in the last step because we like a little sauce in the finished dish. Also, next time I may try putting the spices in a muslin bag as the star anise fell apart and we kept finding little bits when we were eating!

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• SarahW

  19 November 2011

  SarahW rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I first made this for my husband who declared it to be 'lovely' - this is high praise indeed in our house! Then made it for 16 people at my Mum's birthday weekend and everyone loved it. It tastes amazing and is dead easy - what more could you want?

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• Julie's grub

  19 November 2011

  Julie's grub rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely fantastic! I made this for friends - great make ahead dish. The crispy ginger adds some colour to quite a dark dish and tastes great so worth doing. Rave reviews, everybody loved it. I served it with jasmine rice and stir fried baby bok choi.

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• smallishtree

  21 November 2011

  smallishtree commented on this recipe

  Very tasty, but the sauce needed reduced. Also looked kinda boring on the plate, needed something green on it! Never used shin before, defo use it again.

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• smallishtree

  21 November 2011

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• ND

  23 November 2011

  ND rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I did this recipe in the slow cooker. The aromas were wonderful and I could barely wait to try it. Was not disappointed - what a great recipe. I don't think I've cooked with brisket before but will definitely do so again.

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• SamGKenny

  24 November 2011

  SamGKenny rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Was delicious. Made if for a dinner party and served it with stir fired veg and noodles. Was absolutely delicious and there was not a bit of it left. Will definitely be making this one over and over again.

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• Bec

  26 November 2011

  Bec rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a delicious recipe - I made it when the magazine first came out and would highly recommend it. Only thing is I can't find the orginal magazine and the recipe online doesn't tell me how much beef stock to use and i'm trying to make the dish again- can anyone help?

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• WendyT

  29 November 2011

  WendyT commented on this recipe

  What have i done wrong. Followed the receipe exactly putting in 6 whole star anise, but it had an overwhelming aniseed taste

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• south63

  02 December 2011

  south63 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Loved this dish. Only thing is that the star anise is quite a prominent flavour so if anyone doesn't like aniseed then i would reduce the amount you put in or perhaps take them out after a short cooking time. I used 5 and it was still quite a strong flavour but it was delicious all the same.

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• Jan

  09 December 2011

  Jan commented on this recipe

  I agree, lovely dish but star anise far too strong.

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• Jan

  09 December 2011

  Jan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Forgot the stars! One subtracted for the star anise.

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• blackbutton

  16 December 2011

  blackbutton rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Loved it! Shared it with friends and they loved it too.

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• pshopper

  17 December 2011

  pshopper rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A yummy dish but a little too sweet for me. I will make it again but with half the sugar.

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• Dwight

  30 December 2011

  Dwight rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Awesome recipe, will be making this again for sure. Made it for friend and served it with noodles, and had the leftovers the next day with some basmati rice and was even better.

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Ingredients

• 2 - 3 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
• 1¼kg beef shin or brisket , cut into very large chunks
• 2 onions
• 50g ginger
• 3 garlic cloves
• small bunch coriander
• 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
• 6 whole star anise
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 100g dark brown muscovado sugar
• 50ml dark soy sauce
• 50ml light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• beef stock

TO SERVE

• thumb-sized chunk ginger , shredded into matchsticks
• 1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
• cooked jasmine rice

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Serves 6

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Prep 35 mins

Cook 3 hrs

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Ingredients

• 2 - 3 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
• 1¼kg beef shin or brisket , cut into very large chunks
• 2 onions
• 50g ginger
• 3 garlic cloves
• small bunch coriander
• 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
• 6 whole star anise
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 100g dark brown muscovado sugar
• 50ml dark soy sauce
• 50ml light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• beef stock

TO SERVE

• thumb-sized chunk ginger , shredded into matchsticks
• 1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
• cooked jasmine rice

PER SERVING

405 kcalories, protein 51.0g, carbohydrate 26.0g, fat 11.0 g, saturated fat 4.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 23.0g, salt 3.96 g

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