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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
The beef stew is an interesting combination of delicious, nutritious beef with the tangy flavor of red wine. On a day with gentle weather, treating yourself to a plate of beef stew with gac is truly wonderful. So let’s head to the kitchen with TasteVN to create this appealing beef dish with a Western flair right away!
Ingredients for Beef Stew with Gac Serves 5 people
Beef 1 kg Gac 100 gr Red wine 200 ml Potatoes 2 tubers Carrots 2 tubers Onions 1 bulb Tomatoes 2 fruits Chili pepper 1 fruit Green onions 200 gr Shallots 8 bulbs Garlic 2 bulbs Pre-mixed stew sauce 1 pack Satay 1 teaspoon Cooking oil 3 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Sesame oil 1 tablespoon Salt powder 1 teaspoon Common spices a little (seasoning/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh beef
- Fresh beef is bright red, has white marbling, and slightly yellow fat. The meat is usually not too fine, has good elasticity, and has a faint characteristic smell.
- You can check the freshness of the beef by gently pressing your hand against the piece of meat. If the meat leaves an indentation and quickly returns to its original state, it is fresh beef.
- You should avoid buying beef that has turned green, is leaking juices causing a sticky feeling, and has a foul smell.
How to choose good quality carrots
- You should choose carrots that are bright orange, firm, feel heavy in your hand, have a smooth surface, and show no unusual spots.
- You can observe the top of the carrot to select fresh ones. Typically, carrots with bushy tops will significantly reduce the sweetness of the root.
- You should also pay attention to the core of the carrot. Carrots with small cores are usually sweeter than those with large cores.
How to choose good potatoes, without being mealy
- You should choose firm potatoes, with smooth skin, no scratches, no black eyes, and no leaking sap.
- Potatoes with yellow skin are usually richer in nutrients and sweeter than white potatoes. So you should consider prioritizing the purchase of yellow potatoes first!
- You should absolutely not buy scratched potatoes or those that have sprouted. Because at this point, the potatoes contain several harmful compounds that are quite toxic to the human body.
How to choose fresh, delicious tomatoes
- Fresh, delicious tomatoes are usually plump, with shiny skin, and a bright red color evenly across the surface. Especially, if the tomato skin does not have any strange spots or scratches, then you should consider buying it.
- Typically, vine-ripened tomatoes have a very distinct aroma that you can smell. If the tomato is ripe but has no fragrance, it is likely that it has been artificially ripened.
- In addition, you should choose tomatoes that still have the stem firmly attached, with fresh green leaves. Because these are the ones just picked from the plant and still fresh.
How to prepare Beef Stew with Gac
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Prepare the beef
After purchasing the beef, clean it, eliminate the unpleasant smell, and cut the meat into pieces about the thickness of a finger.
Then, continue to cut the beef pieces into even square pieces and place them in a bowl.
How to clean beef without unpleasant odors
- Beef can easily lose its nutrients if you wash it directly under strong running water.
- Therefore, you should only wipe the beef with a clean damp cloth to retain the nutrients in the meat!
- After wiping, roast the ginger until cooked, crush it, and rub it all over the beef surface to eliminate any unpleasant smell.
See details: How to clean beef without unpleasant odors
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Marinate the beef
You put 1 spoon of seasoning, 1 spoon of salt powder, 1 spoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 spoon of satay into the bowl of beef.
Next, you add 2 star anise and 3 small cinnamon sticks to the bowl. You pour the entire packet of pre-mixed stew seasoning, 200ml of red wine, 100g of gấc, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce into the bowl.
You wear gloves and mix the ingredients with the seasoning in the bowl thoroughly. Then, you let the beef soak in the seasoning for about 30 – 40 minutes.
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Preparation of auxiliary ingredients
After buying carrots, you peel them, wash them thoroughly with water, cut the carrots in half, carve flowers, and cut them into pieces.
For potatoes, after bringing them home, you also peel them, wash them clean, and cut them into 3 pieces with each piece about 1.5 finger widths thick.
Then, you cut the pieces into squares with sizes that suit your preferences and tastes.
You peel the onion, wash it with clean water, cut the onion in half lengthwise, and then slice it diagonally into bite-sized pieces.
For chili peppers, you also wash them clean and cut them diagonally.
You peel the garlic and red onion, and scrape the ginger. You wash these ingredients with clean water and then pound them finely.
After buying herbs, you cut off the roots, remove any wilted stems, wash them thoroughly, and chop them finely.
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Stir-frying beef
Place a pan on the stove, wait until the pan is hot, then add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil.
When the oil is hot, add the mixture of minced shallots, garlic, and ginger into the pan and stir-fry evenly.
When the ingredients turn golden, pour all the marinated beef from the bowl into the pan.
Stir continuously until the beef is seared, then turn off the heat.
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Stewing beef
Put a pot on the stove, add the stir-fried beef, pour in enough water to cover the beef, and arrange the tomato slices in the pot.
Turn on the heat and boil for 30 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium and continue to add potatoes to the pot, cover, and cook the potatoes for the next 15 minutes.
Then, add the carrots to the pot, cook for another 10 minutes before sprinkling in the white onions.
Increase the heat to bring the sauce to a boil, then sprinkle finely chopped herbs over the dish and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
After placing the beef in a bowl, garnish with some herbs and a flower artfully made from tomato skin, you have a dish with a variety of eye-catching, harmonious colors.
The beef is cooked tenderly, combined with rich, creamy potatoes and soft-cooked carrots. The sauce of the dish has a warm orange color, carrying the natural sweetness of the vegetables along with the distinctive flavor of Western wine.
You can serve the dish with noodles or bread along with some basil to enhance the flavor of the whole meal.
Just hearing about it already sounds really tempting, right? So let’s get into the kitchen and cook yourself a delicious and appealing bowl of beef stewed in red wine with gac to treat your friends and family right away!
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