Braised Beef Brisket/Shin

Braised Beef Brisket/Shin

Ingredients:

600g beef brisket or beef shin, cut into 5cm chunks

4cm ginger, sliced

2 star anise pods

1 cinnamon stick, halved

1 garlic clove

30ml of cooking wine

0.5 tablespoon of dark soy sauce

1 tablespoon of light soy sauce

0.5 tablespoon of oyster sauce

0.5 tablespoon of sugar

80ml of blanching liquid

Spring onion

Instructions:

1) Add the beef into a pot and half the ginger, half a cinnamon stick, and 1 star anise pod. Fill the pot with enough water to cover the beef, and bring it to a boil. As it boils, remove all the scum and impurities that rise to the surface.

2) After around 10 minutes, keep around 80ml of the blanching liquid and set the beef aside.

3) Heat up a bit of oil in a skillet, and saute the garlic and the remaining ginger, cinnamon stick and star anise pod. This should take around 1 to 2 minutes.

4) Add the cooking wine, mix it well, then pour the entire mixture into a slow cooker. Add the beef in and set it to low power setting for 8 hours.

5) Before serving, remove as much of the surface oil as possible. Add some spring onion on top, and serve.