Steps to Make Favorite Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉)

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Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chinese braised beef shank (酱牛肉) using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉):

1. Prepare beef shank
2. Get cinnamon stick (桂皮)
3. Prepare cao guo (草果)
4. Take star anise (八角)
5. Prepare bay leaf (香叶)
6. Take small handful of Sichuan pepper (花椒)
7. Prepare small handful of cumin (小茴香)
8. Take dried chili pepper (reduce or none if no spicy)
9. Take green onion
10. Get fresh ginger
11. Get garlic
12. Get white rock sugar (冰糖)
13. Get soy sauce (生抽)
14. Prepare dark soy sauce (老抽)
15. Take Sake or cooking wine

Steps to make Chinese Braised Beef Shank (酱牛肉):

1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. Cut beef shank to proper size. Wash with water. Soak in water and place in the fridge for 1 hr. Change water multiple times during the process to remove blood.
3. Drain or remove excess water with paper towel. Place in freezer for 1 hr.
4. Place a pot on stove. Add water and bring to boil. Add all solid and liquid spices. Make sure the broth can fully submerge the meat. When broth starts to boil again, place meat in pot and braise for 1.5 hrs on medium/medium-low.
5. Remove pot from stove. Soak the meat in broth and let it cool down. When it reaches room temperature, place the pot of meat and broth in fridge and let the meat absorb more flavor overnight. Cut meat into slices and enjoy with some soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil!

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