GREAT
CHINESE RECIPES
FIVE
SPICE BEEF RECIPE
Gravy
beef, cooked in this way, has delicious flavour and becomes almost as tender as
fillet steak.
1¼
kg (3 lb.) gravy beef, in one piece
3
hard-boiled eggs
1/2-teaspoon
salt
1-cup
soy sauce
¾
cup sugar
1
teaspoon dry sherry
1
teaspoon five spice powder
1
teaspoon grated green ginger
Trim
all fat and sinew from meat.
Push
fork down into meat as far as fork will go. Do this about 10 times on one side
then turn the meat over and repeat the process on the other side.
Combine
soy sauce, sugar, dry sherry, five-spice powder and grate green ginger into a
large saucepan and mix well,
Add
the beef to the marinade and let stand for 30 minutes, turning over
occasionally.
Place
the pan over heat and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer
covered for 1 1/2 hours, turning meat occasionally.
Add
shelled, hard-boiled eggs and continue to simmer for a further 15 minutes.
Serve
hot or, if serving cold, allow beef and eggs to cool in the marinade.
Cut
the beef into 5mm (¼ in.) slices, cut eggs into wedges and use a: garnish for
the beef.
Serves
6 to 8.
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