Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)
Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

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

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