Red-Braised Beef
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 9:03am

Ingredients




1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
3 pounds Beef chuck, cut into 1 ½
cubes
1 tablespoon Minced fresh ginger
2 Scallions, minced
cup Dry sherry
3 tablespoons Dark soy sauce
1 whl star anise
1 tablespoon Sugar

Preparation

1 In a saucepan, heat oil over high heat until just smoking and brown beef cubes. Add minced ginger and scallions and stir fry until aromatic, about 30 seconds. 2 Add sherry, soy sauce, star anise, sugar, and 1 cup of water. 3 Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until meat is tender when pricked with a fork, 45 minutes to 1 hour. There should be about one-third of cooking juices left. If there is more, remove meat and boil liquid over high heat to reduce. Serve meat in juices. 4 This dish improves if prepared ahead of time and reheated. It also freezes beautifully. 5 1, 9