Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vietnamese beef stew (bo kho). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Bo Kho is a spicy and flavorful Vietnamese beef stew that makes for a pretty epic bowl of noodle soup when you've maybe had your fill of pho or are looking for something a little different. I've had Bo Kho at only a couple of places over the years. Vietnamese bò kho (beef stew) is packed with tender, fall-apart braised chunks of beef loaded with herbs, aromatics and a delicious broth that will have you coming back with more Vietnamese baguette!
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have vietnamese beef stew (bo kho) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):
- Prepare 500 g beef cubes (preferably the one with some marbling)
- Make ready 2 tsp tsp sugar
- Prepare 1/2 tsp chicken stock powder (can be skipped)
- Get 1 tsp five spice
- Prepare 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 1/2 tbsp grated ginger
- Get 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 2-3 stalk lemongrass (smashed and cut into 2-3 pieces)
- Take 2-3 star anise
- Take 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (or 1 stick)
- Prepare 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Prepare 170 ml (1/2 a can) coconut water
- Make ready 3-4 carrots (cut to chunks)
- Make ready 2 cups water/beef stock
- Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper (or to your liking)
- Prepare 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
- Prepare 2 tbsp oil
If you love beef stew, you definitely need to check out this Bo Kho recipe - this Vietnamese beef stew has all the flavors of a traditional beef stew with additional aromatics from lemongrass and star anise to give it another dimension of flavor. There are many who claim that Vietnamese Beef Stew, known as Bò Kho in Vietnamese, is derived from the French Boeuf aux Carottes. This classic Vietnamese dish takes the humble beef and carrot stew up a few notches with its generous use of fresh herbs and spices. Vietnamese Beef Stew, or Bò Kho, was one of the very first dishes my mother-in-law taught me to cook after seeing the disastrous results when left on my own.
Instructions to make Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho):
- 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).
- 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.
- Stir in beef cubes and brown the beef.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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!
My first attempt at Bò Kho resulted in an impenetrable thick stew with chewy, borderline inedible, meat. I had the flavor right but everything. If I counted which recipe I get the most requests for, it'd probably be bo kho (Vietnamese beef stew). This Vietnamese beef stew has a wonderful depth of flavor from aromatic spices, lemongrass, ginger and coconut water. It's warming, delicious and And the result was making this bo kho which I think might be the most delicious beef stew I have had.
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