Braised beef with ginger

Name: Braised beef with ginger
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 35 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: rapeseed oil; 1 ¼kg beef shin or brisket cut into very large chunks; 2 onions; 50g ginger; 3 garlic cloves; small bunch coriander; 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 6 whole star anise; 1 tsp black peppercorn; 100g dark brown muscovado sugar; 50ml light soy sauce; 50ml dark soy sauce; 2 tbsp tomato purée; beef stock; thumb-sized chunk ginger shredded into matchsticks; 1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil; cooked jasmine rice

Instructions

Prep:35minCook:3h

Slow cooking beef shin or brisket in aromatic spices gives a melt-in-the-mouth main course that's delicious with steamed rice and crisp stir-fried vegetables

Updated at: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:05:14 GMT