Red-Braised Beef with Tofu ‘Bamboo’

Name: Red-Braised Beef with Tofu ‘Bamboo’ (Fu Zhu Shao Niu Rou 腐竹燒牛肉)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 sticks of tofu ‘bamboo’, or dried tofu knots (see Glossary); 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine; 750 ml stock, plus a little more, if needed; 1½ tsp sweet fermented sauce; 2 tbsp cooking oil; 450 g stewing beef or beef shin; 1 star anise; 2 spring onions, white parts only, crushed slightly; 25 g piece of ginger, unpeeled, crushed slightly; 2½ tbsp Sichuan chilli bean paste

Fu Zhu Shao Niu Rou 腐竹燒牛肉

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Every Grain of Rice

By Fuchsia Dunlop

Published 2012

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