Incredibly easy and very tasty served with Kumara mash with coriander salsa. I have also cooked this in my pressure cooker which made the cooking time considerably less ( Like it was 30 minutes !) Recipe by Mindfood
Ingredients
- 6 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 800g beef cheeks, trimmed
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup rice wine
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar (or coconut sugar/stevia)
- 5cm piece ginger, sliced
- 2 dried red chillies
- 2 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 pieced dried mandarin peel (or fresh & just pop in oven for 15 minutes)
- 20cm piece daikon, cut into chunks (optional)
- 4-6 whole baby bok choy, trimmed
- steamed rice
Method
- Combine mushrooms and 1/2 cup boiling water. Soak for 30 minutes or until soft. Drain, reserve liquid. Trim stems.
- Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add beef cheeks. Cook, turning, 5 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a plate.
- Combine mushroom liquid, soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, ginger, chillies, star anise, cinnamon and mandarin peel in a large pan. Bring to the boil; add beef cheeks. Simmer, covered, on lowest heat, turning occasionally, for 3 hours or until almost tender.
- Add mushrooms and daikon. Simmer, covered, for 2 hours or until beef is tender. Add bok choy and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Remove beef and pull into chunks. Add back into pan. Serve on steamed rice, or I prefer the kumara mash with coriander salsa.
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