Chinese Braised Beef(Atk)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
- 2 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 cup dry sherry
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 3 scallions
- 2 inches ginger
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 lbs beef short ribs, trim-cut into 4inch lengths
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Add 2-1/2 cups water to Dutch oven. Sprinkle gelatin over water and allow gelatin to soften for 5 minutes. Set a oven rack to the middle of oven and pre-heat oven to 300-degrees. Prepare the scallions by separating the white and green parts. Slice the green parts thinly on a bias, and smash the white part. Peeled the ginger, cut in half lengthwise, and crushed. Peel the garlic and smash.
- Set Dutch oven over medium-high burner and heat for 2 to 3 minutes until the gelatin has melted. Add sherry, soy sauce, hoisin, molasses, scallion whites, ginger, garlic, five-spice powder, and pepper flakes. Then add beef, stir, and bring up to simmer.
- Remove Dutch oven from heat. Cover tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil, then top with the lid. Put in pre-heated oven and cook until beef becomes tender; 2 hours. Stir halfway through cooking time.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove beef to a cutting board. Strain sauce through fine-mesh strainer into a fat separator. Use paper towels to wipe out Dutch oven. Allow liquid to settle for 5 minutes, then return defatted juices to now-empty pot. Reduce liquid over medium-high burner, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1 cup; 20 to 25 minutes; stirring constantly.
- Meanwhile while the sauce reduces, break beef into 1 1/2-inch pieces using two forks. In a small bowl, add cornstarch and 1 tablespoon water and whisk together until combined.
- Turn down burner to medium-low, re-whisk cornstarch, add into pot and cook for 1 minutes. Add beef back to pot, stir to cover beef. Cover and allow to cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is hot. Serve sprinkled with scallion greens.
unflavored gelatin, water, dry sherry, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, molasses, scallions, ginger, garlic, fivespice powder, red pepper, beef short ribs, cornstarch
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chinese-braised-beef-atk-523116 (may not work)