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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
2 hours
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Difficulty
Easy
Beef tail cooked with traditional herbs is tender and delicious, providing rich nutrition for your family meals. Let’s get cooking today to learn how to make dishes from beef that are tasty and nutritious to treat your loved ones!
Ingredients for Beef Tail Stew with Traditional Herbs Serves 4 people
Beef tail 1 piece (about 800 gr) Lotus root 100 gr Dried lotus seeds 50 gr Traditional herb seasoning 100 gr Fresh coconut water 1 liter
How to choose fresh and delicious beef tail
- Choose beef tails with bright red meat, bright yellow fat, and white tendons.
- Avoid choosing beef tails with dark red meat and unpleasant odors.
- Do not buy beef tails that feel soft when pressed, indicating the meat is mushy. A good beef tail will feel firm, have good elasticity, and no unpleasant smell when pressed.
How to prepare Beef Tail Stewed with Traditional Medicine
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Prepare the ingredients
Clean the beef tail, briefly blanch it, and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Soak the dried lotus seeds in water for about 15 minutes until soft.
Remove the hard ends of the lotus root and peel off the thin outer layer. Then, soak the lotus root in cold water and rinse it several times with cold water to remove any mud. Cut the lotus root into slices about 1 cm thick.
Note: Soak the sliced lotus root in water mixed with a little lemon juice or vinegar to prevent the lotus root from turning dark.
How to clean beef tail without a foul smell
- Soak the beef tail in water for about 10 – 15 minutes.
- Wash the beef tail, scrape off any remaining hair, then rub salt onto the beef tail. Continue by rubbing ginger onto the beef tail to reduce the smell, and rinse it 2 – 3 times with clean water.
- Place the beef tail in a pot of boiling water with a little salt, cut the beef tail into small pieces, blanch for about 5 – 7 minutes, then remove and let it drain.
- Remove the fatty parts at the base of the beef tail.
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Stew the beef tail
Place the prepared beef tail into a stewing pot, add the lotus root, and add the lotus seeds and the traditional medicine spice packet.
Add about 1 liter of coconut water to the pot. Turn on the stove and simmer over medium heat until the coconut water boils, then add water until the stew covers the beef tail and lotus root.
Add 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste.
Wait until the pot comes to a boil again, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for about 1.5 hours until the beef is tender, depending on the size of the beef tail, as beef tails tend to be quite tough.
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Final Product
Herbal braised oxtail has a distinctive aroma, the oxtail is tender, and the broth has a sweet, clear taste. This will surely be a delicious and nutritious dish that will please all the members of your family.
Tips for successful execution
- You should cut the oxtail at the joints into pieces for better taste.
- When cooking stewed beef dishes, if possible, you should add ingredients like garlic, ginger, cinnamon sticks, and cloves to the pot, the dish will be more fragrant, not greasy, and have higher nutritional value.
- Oxtail is tough, so you should stew it using a pressure cooker, it will become tender faster, saving you quite a bit of time. Additionally, when cooked in a pressure cooker, the strong smell of beef will also be significantly reduced.
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Stewed oxtail with traditional herbs is incredibly delicious and easy to make, isn’t it? This will definitely enrich your family’s meals.
