Chinese Beef Stew

Ingredients

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1,400 gr brisket of beef
60 ml peanut oil
2 fermented bean cake
45 ml hoisin sauce
60 ml shaoxing wine
60 ml soy sauce
8 gr garlic
1 star anise
1 five-spice powder
8 gr sugar
1,400 ml water
1/4 slices turn
45 ml oil
16 ml oil

Instructions

Makes 6 servings. From "Chinese Technique" by Ken Hom with Harvey Steiman. Simon and Schuster, New York. 198

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