Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy 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 achieve it.

Ingredients of Vietnamese beef stew (Bo Kho)

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