Beef stew 红烧牛肉 (ingredient list provided)

beef

🥗Healthier: lean cuts of beef

💰Cheaper: pork

Pork is often less expensive and can be a leaner option.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: white potatoes

Sweet potatoes are more nutritious.

Cut beef brisket into chunks.

Cut tomatoes, carrot, radish, and onion into large pieces.

Crush garlic cloves.

In a pressure cooker, add the beef brisket and sauté until browned.

Add the tomatoes, carrot, radish, red chilies, onion, coriander roots, and garlic to the pot.

Stir in the spicy broad bean paste, five spice powder, tomato sauce, and enough filtered water to cover the ingredients.

Add the cinnamon sticks, bay leaf, star anise, cumin seed, fennel seed, cloves, black peppercorn, and white peppercorn.

Pour in the Shaoxing cooking wine, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, salt, and sugar.

Seal the pressure cooker and cook for 1 hour until the beef is tender.

Garnish with chopped spring onion before serving.

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