🍜 Beef Pares

Meat · Main ingredient: Beef · ⏱ 150 min · Serves 5 · ~₱575 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch, Snack

Ingredients

• 1 kg 1 kg beef brisket or shank, cubed
• 1 pc 1 onion, quartered
• 6 clove 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 thumb 1 thumb ginger, sliced
• 0.5 cup 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 0.25 cup 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 pc 2 pcs star anise
• 2 pc 2 pcs bay leaves
• 2 tbsp 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 3 pinch Salt and pepper to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste
• 1 cup Garlic fried rice and beef broth soup, for serving

Instructions

1. In a large pot, boil beef in water with quartered onion until tender, about 1.5 to 2 hours, skimming off scum. Reserve the broth.
2. In a separate pot, heat oil and sauté garlic and ginger until fragrant.
3. Add the cooked beef, soy sauce, brown sugar, star anise, and bay leaves, and 2 cups of the reserved beef broth.
4. Simmer uncovered over medium-low heat for 20 to 30 minutes until the sauce reduces and thickens slightly, stirring occasionally.
5. Stir in the cornstarch slurry and cook until the sauce becomes glossy and coats the beef.
6. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
7. Serve the beef pares hot with garlic fried rice and a small bowl of the remaining beef broth on the side.

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