Vietnamese Beef Stew.
You can cook Vietnamese Beef Stew using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Vietnamese Beef Stew
- It's of ingredients: 2 lbs beef shank, cut into 1.5 inch cubes.
- It's of ginger, thinly sliced.
- Prepare of beef tendon strips or about 1/2 lb.
- You need of lemongrass (white end bruised and slice into 4-5 inch.
- Prepare of bay leaves 3-4 star anise seeds, (toasted optional).
- You need of beef broth 4 medium sized carrots 2 tbs annato seed oil.
- It's of diced shallots 1 tbs minced garlic 1 tbs paprika.
- It's of minced lemongrass 1/2 tbs fish sauce 1/2 ts red chili powd.
- Prepare of ts cinnamon 1/4 ts clove powder 1/4 ts anise powder.
- Prepare of ts ground pepper 1 ts sugar.
- You need of Marinade 1 tbs diced shallots 1 tbs minced garlic.
- You need of paprika 1 tbs minced lemongrass 1/2 tbs fish sauce.
- Prepare of ts red chili powder 1/4 ts cinnamon 1/4 ts clove powder.
- Prepare of ts anise powder 1 ts ground pepper 1 ts sugar.
- You need of Accompaniments Toasted French baguettes Fresh Basil.
- You need of lime/lemon wedges Diced cilantro and green onions Sliced jalapen.
- You need of Rice noodles.
Vietnamese Beef Stew step by step
- In large mixing bowl, combine the beef shank with the spice marinade for at least 2 hours. Saute the beef with 1 tbs of annato seed oil until browned and seared under medium high heat. Transfer this into the slow cooker. Add the beef tendons, stalk of lemonsgrass, star anise seeds, bay leaves, and beef broth. You may need to add more broth or water to just cover and submerge the beef. Set slow cooker to lowest possible setting and allow to cook covered for overnight or about 8 hours. About 1 h.
- Set slow cooker to lowest possible setting and allow to cook covered for overnight or about 8 hours. About 1 hour before it's done, add the carrots. Just before serving add another 1 tbs of annato seed oil to the broth for a great red color. Make final adjustment and season to taste.