Recipe: Tasty Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho).

You can have Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho) using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

1. You need 500 g of beef cubes (preferably the one with some marbling).
2. Prepare 2 tsp of tsp sugar.
3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of chicken stock powder (can be skipped).
4. Prepare 1 tsp of five spice.
5. It's 1 tbsp of minced garlic.
6. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of grated ginger.
7. Prepare 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
8. It's 2-3 stalk of lemongrass (smashed and cut into 2-3 pieces).
9. Prepare 2-3 of star anise.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of cinnamon powder (or 1 stick).
11. Prepare 2 tbsp of tomato paste.
12. You need 170 ml of (1/2 a can) coconut water.
13. You need 3-4 of carrots (cut to chunks).
14. It's 2 cups of water/beef stock.
15. Prepare 1/4 tsp of pepper (or to your liking).
16. You need 1 tbsp of oyster sauce (optional).
17. Prepare 2 tbsp of oil.

Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho) instructions

1. 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)..
2. 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..
3. Stir in beef cubes and brown the beef..
4. 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..
5. 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)..
6. 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!.

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