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Chinese braised beef with ginger
Photo: Lily Banse

Chinese braised beef with ginger

17 ingredients 35 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Chinese braised beef with ginger

Slow cooking beef shin or brisket in Asian aromatic spices gives a melt-in-the-mouth main course that's delicious with steamed rice and crisp stir-fried vegetables

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

712
Calories
34g
Protein
29g
Fat
76g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

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

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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