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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Beef and broccoli soup is a soup dish with a unique combination of broccoli and beef, making it very flavorful, helping to make family meals more refreshing, suitable for hot days. Let’s cook right away!
Ingredients for Beef and Broccoli Soup Serves 4
Beef 200 gr Broccoli 300 gr (1 bunch) Garlic 4 cloves Ginger 1 piece Water 600 ml Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Common seasonings A little (ground pepper/ seasoning powder/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ salt)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh broccoli
- When buying broccoli, you should choose those with bright green color, smooth leaves, and when you hold the broccoli, it feels heavy.
- The best broccoli is those with weight that corresponds to their size. Because large broccoli with light weight is usually old and has been stored for a long time.
- Additionally, you should not choose broccoli with dark spots, rot, limp leaves, or yellowing.
How to choose fresh and delicious beef
- Good beef will have a bright red color, fine and small fibers, beautiful marbling, and the fat will be light yellow. When smelling, it has the characteristic aroma of beef.
- Additionally, good beef will have good elasticity; when you touch the surface, it feels smooth and does not stick to your hand.
- Avoid buying meat that is dark red, with dark yellow fat and large fibers, as this indicates old cattle, which are usually tough and not tasty. If the meat is dark red, has white fat, and has a slightly fishy smell, it is likely fake beef made from buffalo meat.
How to prepare Beef Mustard Greens Soup
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Prepare the beef
To save time on preparation, you can ask the seller to slice the beef into thin pieces for you, or you can buy pre-sliced beef sold in packages in supermarkets.
After purchasing, you just need to rinse it briefly with water and let it drain.
Tips to prepare beef without odor- Method 1: Boil a pot of cold water, then blanch the beef for about 3 minutes, remove it, and rinse with cold water.
- Method 2: Soak the piece of beef in white wine for about 15 minutes, then rinse clean under cold water.
See details: Methods to properly prepare beef without odor
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Prepare other ingredients
For the mustard greens, cut off the roots, pick the tender parts, then wash them thoroughly with diluted salt water, and rinse again 2 – 3 times with fresh water. Drain and cut into bite-sized pieces, about the length of one finger.
Peel the garlic and mince it finely.
For the ginger, use a spoon to scrape off the skin, rinse it with water, and slice it thinly.
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Marinate the beef
Put the beef into a bowl, then add the seasoning mixture including: minced garlic, sliced ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. Mix well and marinate the beef for about 10 minutes to absorb the flavors.
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Cook the soup
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and heat it over high heat. When the oil is hot, quickly add the marinated beef and stir-fry until the meat is just cooked, then remove the beef and place it into a bowl.
Next, pour 600ml of water into the pot, bring the water to a boil, then add the mustard greens along with 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder.
Then continue to boil the water again before adding the previously cooked beef, stir gently and adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Finally, you just need to scoop the soup into a bowl, sprinkle a little ground pepper on top, and enjoy!
The beef and vegetable soup is delicious, with crunchy and sweet vegetables blended with tender, fatty beef. The broth is sweet and refreshing, particularly the spicy and fragrant flavor of ginger that will enhance your family’s meal, making it more flavorful and appealing.
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Finally, we have completed the dish beef and mustard greens soup that is refreshing and goes well with rice! We hope that with the steps provided above, you can successfully make this refreshing soup and enjoy a delicious meal with your family!
