Steps to Make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

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Steps to Make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have vietnamese beef stew (bo kho) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):

1. Take 500 g beef cubes (preferably the one with some marbling)
2. Take 2 tsp tsp sugar
3. Make ready 1/2 tsp chicken stock powder (can be skipped)
4. Prepare 1 tsp five spice
5. Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
6. Prepare 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
7. Take 1 tbsp soy sauce
8. Get 2-3 stalk lemongrass (smashed and cut into 2-3 pieces)
9. Make ready 2-3 star anise
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (or 1 stick)
11. Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
12. Take 170 ml (1/2 a can) coconut water
13. Get 3-4 carrots (cut to chunks)
14. Prepare 2 cups water/beef stock
15. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper (or to your liking)
16. Take 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
17. Get 2 tbsp oil

Instructions

Instructions to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):

1. Marinate beef with sugar, ginger, (half portion of the garlic), soy sauce, 5 spice, pepper, and chicken powder. Marinate for at least 20 mins (longer is better).
2. Heat the oil on the wok or frying pan. Stir in star anise, lemongrass, the remaining portion of garlic, and cinnamon stick/powder until aromatic.
3. Stir in beef cubes and brown the beef.
4. Transfer the beef to pressure cooker or casserole pan (or any sauce pan that has thick bottom). Add in tomato paste, coconut water and beef stock.
5. If using pressure cooker, cook for 20 mins. If using normal stove, bring the stock to boil, cover and reduced to low-medium heat, cook until meat is tender (maybe 40-60 mins).
6. Stir in the carrots, cook until carrots are tender. Taste and adjust the flavour. Add oyster sauce for a richer taste (this step is optional). - Turn off the heat, the beef stew is now ready to serve!

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