Stewed Beef with Wine Recipe

Ingredients :

1 kg

2 tablespoons

1 teaspoon

2 tablespoons

6 tablespoons

4

3 slices

2 tablespoons

Shin of beef

Rice wine or sherry

Five-spiced powder

Sugar

Soy sauce

Spring onions (scallions)

Ginger root

Cooking oil

• Cut the beef into 2.5 cm cubes.

• Cut the onions into 2.5 cm lengths.

• Heat up the oil and brown the beef before blanching it in a pot of boiling water for a few seconds.

• Pour the water away and cover with fresh cold water, add onions, ginger root, five-spice powder, sugar, soy sauce and rice wine or sherry, and place a tightly fitting lid over the pan.

• Bring it to the boil over a high heat then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 3-4 hours, after which there should be very little juice left.

• Serve hot or cold.