Stewed Beef Recipe
Ingredients :
1 kg 2 tablespoons 6 tablespoons 2 tablespoons 1 teaspoon 4 3 slices 2 tablespoons	Shin of beef Sugar Soy sauce Rice wine or sherry Five-spiced powder Spring onions (scallions) Ginger root Cooking oil
Method : Cut the beef into 2.5 cm cubes. Cut the onions into 2.5 cm lengths. Heat up the oil and brown the beef before blanching it in a pot of boiling water for a few seconds. Pour the water away and cover with fresh cold water, add onions, ginger root, five-spice powder, sugar, soy sauce and rice wine or sherry, and place a tightly fitting lid over the pan. Bring it to the boil over a high heat then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 3-4 hours, after which there should be very little juice left. Serve hot or cold.