Sichuan Poached Beef Recipe (Shui Zhu Niu Rou 水煮牛肉)
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This includes a very unique method to cook beef which makes the meat extra tender and juicy. It is a classic Sichuan-style food. If you like spicy food as well, give this a try soon.
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Ingredients for the beef marinade [Serves 3-4 people]
- 300 grams of beef slices
- 3/4 tsp of salt
- 1/4 tsp of baking soda [Amazon Link:
- Ginger garlic scallion water (2 cloves of garlic +2 slices of ginger + 3 pieces of the white part of spring onion+ 1/4 cup of water)
- 1 egg white
- Corn starch water (1 tbsp of water +1 tbsp of cornstarch)
Ingredients for the Dao Kou La Jiao [刀口辣椒]
- 2/3 cups of dry hot chilies [Amazon Link:
- 1 tbsp of Sichuan peppercorn [Amazon Link:
- 2 tbsp oil to stir fry
Ingredients for the vegetables to put on the bottom [底菜]
- 2/3 cup of carrot
- 2/3 cup of bean sprout
- 2/3 cup of shredded cabbage
- 2/3 cup of celery
- 1/2 tsp of salt or to taste
Ingredients for the spicy broth
- 3 tbsp of oil
- 4 slices of ginger
- 4 cloves of garlic, roughly minced
- 4 pieces of the white part of spring onion
- 2 tsp of Sichuan peppercorn
- 3 tbsp of Sichuan Dou Ban Jiang [Amazon Link:
- Few pieces of Chinese pickled chili, finely diced (optional)
- 1.5 tsp of chili flake (adjust the heat level to your own preference) [Amazon Link:
- 2.5 cups of water or beef stock
Ingredients to add at the end
- Dao Kou La Jiao [刀口辣椒]
- 2 tsp of toasted sesame seeds [Amazon Link:
- 3 tbsp of minced garlic
- 3 tbsp of hot oil to pour on the top
- Cilantro and scallion for garnish
MARINATING THE BEEF
- Slice 300 grams of beef in 3 mm thick pieces. Sirloin, Fillet or Tenderloin work the best for this recipe. Blade or Topside will also work as well.
- Make aromatic water: blend 2 cloves of garlic, 2 slices of ginger, 3 pieces of the white part of spring onion, and 1/4 cup of water into a puree. Let it go through a sieve to get rid of the solid part. Save the liquid.
- Marinade the beef with 3/4 tsp of salt, 1/4 tsp of baking soda, aromatic water, 1 egg white. Mix the beef within one direction until all the liquid is gone. Pour in some cornstarch water in batches (1 tbsp of water mixed with 1 tbsp of cornstarch). Keep messaging it for another 3 minutes until you can feel that the beef has a velvety texture. Cover it. Let it sit for 20 minutes.
MAKING THE DAO KOU LA JIAO刀口辣椒
- Add 2 tbsp of oil, 1 tbsp of Sichuan peppercorn, and 2/3 cup of dry hot chilies to the wok. Keep the flame on medium-low and stir this for a minute.
- Take the chilies and Sichuan peppercorns out. Leave the oil in the wok.
- Roughly chop the chilies and finely dice the Sichuan peppercorn. Set it aside.
PREPARE THE DI CAI [底菜].
- In the same wok, add in the carrot, the bean sprout, the shredded cabbage and, the celery. Toss them on high heat for a minute. Add some salt to taste. Put the veggies in the bottom of the bowl. Set that aside.
MAKING THE SPICY BROTH TO POACH THE BEEF
- Add more oil to the same wok. Add 4 slices of ginger, 4 pieces of the white part of spring onion, 4 cloves of garlic, roughly minced, 2 tsp of Sichuan peppercorn, 3 tbsp of Sichuan Dou ban Jiang, 1.5 tsp of chili flake, some diced Chinese pickled chilies. Stir everything on low heat for a minute or until everything is fragrant. Pour in 2.5 cups of beef stock or water.
- Bring it to a boil. Taste and adjust the saltiness. Turn the heat to low and let it simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Add in the marinated beef. Stir it gently. Turn the heat to maximum. Bring this to a full boil to make sure all the meat is cooked through. Turn off the heat. Pour this on top of the vegetable Di Cai that we made before.
- Sprinkle the Dao Kou la jiao on the top. Add 2 tsp of sesame seeds, some diced garlic. Heat up 3 tbsp of oil to smoking hot and pour it on the top. Top some cilantro and green onion for garnish. And you are ready to serve.
Beef Noodle Soup: from Sichuan, to Taiwan, and back
Beef noodle soup! In this video we'll show you the Sichuan style, touch on the Taiwan style, and talk a bit about how that soup ended up circling back to the mainland.
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - How Beef Noodle Soup got to Taiwan
1:28 - Why don't we cover Taiwan food?
2:02 - Taiwan Noodle Soup Journeys Back to the Mainland
3:02 - How to Make Sichuan-style Red Braised Beef
6:35 - Introduction to the Sichuan Noodle shop style
7:07 - Sichuan-style Component 1, Pork Stock
8:23 - Sichuan-style Component 2, Toasted Chili Oil
10:19 - Sichuan-style Component 3, Stewed Peas
11:47 - Sichuan-style Component 4, Fresh Alkaline Noodles
13:19 - Assembling the Sichuan Noodle shop Style
14:12 - The Instant Noodle Version
16:23 - The use of stock?
VIDEOS WE ENJOYED RE THE TAIWAN STYLE
Cate Food Travel had a fantastic video of a beef noodle soup shop in Taiwan:
Taiwan Duck (really cute channel) had a nice video if you were looking for more of a recipe video:
SICHUAN RED BRAISED BEEF
* Water, ~2L
* Aromatics for the poaching liquid: ginger (姜), ~2 inches, smashed; liaojiu a.k.a. Shaoxing wine (料酒/绍酒), ~1 tbsp; scallions, ~3, tied in a knot
* Beef brisket (牛腩), 700g
* Red Oil Chili Bean Paste, Pixian Doubanjiang (红油郫县豆瓣酱), 4 tbsp
* Oil to fry the bean paste, 6 tbsp
* Seasoning for the braise: soy sauce (生抽), 2 tbsp; dark soy sauce (老抽), 1 tsp; salt, 1 tsp
* Spices for the braise: Sichuan peppercorns (花椒), 1/2 tbsp; star anise (八角), 2; cloves (丁香), 6; dried sand ginger (沙姜), 8 psc; white cardamom (白蔻), 4; Tsaoko a.k.a. Chinese black cardamom (草果), 1
Process at 3:30. TL;DW: poach the beef for 5 minutes, then let it cool. Slice, then fry til browned. Fry the minced chili bean paste on low to stain the oil, and quickly fry the beef with it. Add the beef and red oil back to the pot together with the seasoning and spices. Simmer for 90 minutes.
NOODLE SHOP STYLE COMPONENT #1: PORK BONE STOCK
* Pork bones (猪骨), 350g (with some meat still attached)
* Aromatics for the stock: ginger (姜), ~1 inches, smashed; liaojiu a.k.a. Shaoxing wine (料酒/绍酒), ~1 tbsp; scallions, ~1, tied in a knot
Process at 7:16. TL;DW: Blanch the pork bones in water together with a slug of Shaoxing. Remove, then to a new pot of ~2.5L of water add the blanched pork together with the aromatics for the stock. Simmer covered for three hours.
NOODLE SHOP STYLE COMPONENT #2: TOASTED CHILI OIL
* Dried chilis, 50g (we used Sichuan erjingtiao, 二荆条)
* Oil, 150g (or 3/4 of a cup). We used Caiziyou (Chinese rapeseed oil), but you can also use Indian mustard seed oil or peanut oil
* Aromatics for the oil: Ginger, ~1 inch, smashed; Onion (洋葱), ~1/4 of an onion, sliced
* Spices for the oil (optional but recommended): Cinnamon (桂皮), ½ stick; Star Anise (八角), 1; Fennel Seed (小茴香), ¼ tsp
Process at 8:36. TL;DW: Slice, then toast the chilis until brittle. Shake over a strainer to get out some of the excess seeds, then pound into a coarse powder. Heat your oil up to smoke point, let it cool down a bit, then fry the aromatics until golden brown. Add the spices, fry for a minute, then strain. Heat the oil til it bubbles around some chopsticks (~150C), then add in the chili flakes and shut off the heat.
NOODLE SHOP STYLE COMPONENT #3: STEWED PEAS
* Yellow split peas (黄豌豆), preferably whole, 100g
* Baking soda (小苏打), 1/4 tsp - if using whole split peas
Process at 10:45
NOODLE SHOP STYLE COMPONENT #4: FRESH ALKALINE NOODLES
* AP Flour (中筋面粉), 200g
* Salt, 1/2 tsp
* Sodium carbonate (碱面) -or- kansui (枧水), 1/2 tsp
* Water, 90g
Process at 11:56.
NOODLE SHOP STYLE: ASSEMBLY
* Fresh noodles, 150g (or ~100g dried noodles)
* Seasoning per bowl: salt, 1/4 tsp; MSG (味精), 1/8 tsp; Sichuan peppercorn powder (花椒粉), 1/2 tsp; soy sauce (生抽), 1 tsp, toasted chili oil from above -or- Lao Gan Ma chili crisp (老干妈香辣脆油辣椒), 1 tbsp
* Baby bok choy, ~1, blanched
* Stock, enough to cover everything, ~350mL
* Braised beef, ~3 tbsp; braised beef liquid, ~2 tbsp
* Stewed peas, ~1 tbsp
* Sliced scallions, ~1 tbsp
* Chopped cilantro, ~ 1 tbsp
Process at 13:24
INSTANT NOODLE VERSION
* Dried noodles, 100g (or ~150g fresh noodles) - we used 公仔面
* Seasoning: chicken bouillon powder (鸡粉), 2 tsp; salt, 1/8 tsp; white pepper powder (白胡椒粉), 1/8 tsp, onion powder (洋葱粉), 1/16 tsp; garlic powder (大蒜粉), 1/16 tsp; cayenne pepper (辣椒面), 1/16 tsp; MSG (味精), 1/16 tsp
* Baby bok choy, ~1, blanched
* Carrot, ~1 inch knob, julienned and blanched
* Braised beef, ~3 tbsp; braised beef liquid, ~2 tbsp
* Fried egg, 1
* Sliced scallions, ~2 tbsp
Process at 15:50
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