How to Make Perfect 五香炆牛腩 (Five Favor Beef Brisket)

五香炆牛腩 (Five Favor Beef Brisket).

You can cook 五香炆牛腩 (Five Favor Beef Brisket) using 22 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of 五香炆牛腩 (Five Favor Beef Brisket)

1. Prepare of Core Ingredients.
2. Prepare 300 g of x Beef Brisket (牛腩).
3. You need 0.5 of Unit x Chopped Onion.
4. You need 2 of Unit x Chopped Garlic Ball.
5. Prepare 1 of Unit x Green Onion.
6. It's 5 pieces of x Ginger (with Skin & Washed).
7. Prepare of Some Sake / White Wine.
8. Prepare of Broth Ingredients.
9. Prepare 2 of Big Unit x Crystal Sugar (冰糖).
10. It's 3 Teaspoon of x Fennel (小茴香).
11. You need 8 of Unit x Star Anise (八角).
12. It's 1 Teaspoon of x Cloves (丁香).
13. Prepare 1 Teaspoon of x Sichuan Pepper (花椒).
14. You need 2 Sticks of x Chinese Cinnamon (肉桂皮).
15. It's 2 of Unit x Cardamom (草果).
16. You need 3-4 of Unit x Bay Leaves (Optional).
17. Prepare of Some Soy Sauce.
18. It's of Some 老抽.
19. It's 0.5 Teaspoon of x Salt (Little Salt is OK).
20. You need of Vegetables.
21. You need of Some White Radish (白蘿蔔).
22. Prepare of Some Carrots (紅蘿蔔).

五香炆牛腩 (Five Favor Beef Brisket) instructions

1. Water Clean Beef Brisket for 5 mins to remove excessive blood from the meat, then remove the Beef Brisket and rinse it with tap water.
2. Pan Fry Beef Brisket: #1 High Heat with some oil to cook Beef Brisket turn brown on the outside. #2 Add the rest of Core Ingredients and fry them until all turn brown. #3 Add Sake for adding the smell.
3. Stew Beef Brisket: #1 Add all Herbs and Sauce to pan with the Beef Brisket. #2 Add hot water (or slowly adding cold water) to good level (at least covering all the ingredients, suggest more than that if you have a loose pan lid) that can stew the Beef Brisket for 1.5-2 hours. #3 Once the water gets boiled, turn fire to Medium Heat. #4 Occasionally check on water level to ensure no burn out. #5 Stew for recommend of 1.5 to 2hrs depending on the type of meat and amount.
4. Add Vegetables: #1 At last adding the Vegetables and stew them until they get soft - recommend to add the Vegetables in the last 20 mins for the best result..