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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour
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Difficulty
Easy
Hot pot is always the top choice to treat the family during gatherings. If you still don’t know what kind of hot pot to make, let TasteVN guide you on how to prepare a delicious and flavorful beef rib hot pot that is extremely easy to make! Let’s cook now!
Ingredients for Beef Rib Hot Pot For 4 people
Beef ribs 500 gr Onion 1 bulb (grilled in advance) Lemongrass 2 stalks (grilled in advance) Ginger 2 slices (grilled in advance) Carrot 1 bulb (cut into pieces) Daikon 1 bulb (cut into pieces) Pho seasoning 25 gr Water spinach 200 gr Straw mushrooms 100 gr Enoki mushrooms 100 gr Okra 100 gr Tofu 2 pieces Fried tofu skin 3 pieces Salt a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good beef ribs
- For fresh ribs: You should choose the type with both bone and meat. Fresh and good beef ribs will have good elasticity, bright red color, and a characteristic smell of raw meat. Avoid buying meat that has an unusual foul smell as this indicates spoiled ribs.
- For frozen ribs: Choose ribs that have a dry surface, bright red color, are carefully packaged, and have clear origin information. Avoid purchasing ribs that are pale in color or unusually dark red, or that are slimy, as these are low-quality beef ribs.
- When buying ribs, you should purchase from reputable markets, food stores, or supermarkets to ensure quality!
How to choose fresh water spinach
- You should choose water spinach with thick stems about the size of a chopstick, with small and slightly firm tops.
- The freshest water spinach will be grown in the right season, which is summer, from April to June.
- Avoid buying water spinach that is overly lush green, with brittle and abnormally large stems, as this may indicate chemically treated water spinach.
How to choose good okra
- Good okra has a light green color, with a layer of fine hairs on the surface and can easily be snapped by hand at the end.
- You should choose okra that is small to medium-sized, with an intact body, smooth and shiny, without scratches.
- Avoid buying overripe okra that is too large and has bruised bodies, or is sticky, as these are not fresh okra and will affect the flavor of the dish.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Fresh and delicious carrots will have a smooth exterior, bright orange color, straight and elongated shape.
- You should choose carrots with a small core, which feel firm when held and are of moderate size.
- Avoid choosing unusually large carrots with a large core and signs of bruising all over, as these are fibrous carrots with few nutrients.
How to choose fresh and delicious white radishes
- When buying, you should choose radishes with smooth skin, intact body, straight shape, tapering towards the tail, and with root hairs around the radish.
- Fresh white radishes feel firm when held, are slightly hard when squeezed gently, and have bright green leaves that are still attached tightly to the radish body.
- Avoid buying radishes that are swollen, have lost their leaves, or have withered leaves, as these are fibrous and bland radishes that are not tasty when cooked.
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How to prepare Beef Rib Hot Pot
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Prepare the ingredients
With 500g of beef ribs, you should wash them clean with diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly under running water and let drain.
Tips for cleaning beef ribs:- To clean beef ribs effectively and eliminate any odor, you can briefly dip the ribs in boiling water for about 3 – 4 minutes, then remove and rinse with cold water.
- Additionally, when boiling water to blanch the ribs, you can add a little white wine to the blanching water, as wine has a very effective odor-neutralizing ability.
Put a pot of water on the stove, when the water boils, add the beef ribs to blanch for about 5 – 10 minutes to eliminate the odor, then remove them.
Next, place a pan on the stove, add 25g of pho seasoning to the pan and toast on low heat for about 3 – 5 minutes, then turn off the heat.
Then, add 3 pieces of tofu skin to the hot oil and fry for about 5 – 10 minutes until the tofu skin expands and becomes crispy.
Finally, clean 200g of water spinach, 100g of straw mushrooms, 100g of enoki mushrooms, and 2 pieces of tofu, then wash with water and drain.
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Cook the broth
Put a pot of water on the stove, wait until the water simmers, then add the beef ribs to the pot. Next, add 1 onion, 2 slices of ginger, and 2 stalks of roasted lemongrass.
Then, add the toasted pho seasoning to the pot and stir well. Cook the broth on low heat and simmer for about 1 hour.
After 1 hour, filter the broth through a sieve to extract the clearest and smoothest liquid.
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Final product
Pour the cooked and filtered broth into a small pot and place it on the hot pot stove. Once the water boils, add the accompanying ingredients.
The beef rib hot pot, when completed, will have the fragrant aroma of lemongrass and ginger, a rich and sweet broth, and tender beef ribs. Beef rib hot pot is delicious whether served with rice vermicelli or noodles!
With easily available ingredients and a simple recipe, TasteVN hopes you will easily make the delicious and flavorful beef rib hotpot for your family and friends to enjoy. Wishing you success in your cooking!
