With 2 simple methods that are easy to implement, you can prepare a delicious beef stew that is both nutritious and stimulating to the taste buds for your family’s energy-filled breakfast. Let’s get cooking right away!
1. Beef stew with potatoes
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Beef stew with potatoes For 4 people
Beef 300 gr (both tendon and meat) Potatoes 3 tubers Carrots 1 tuber Green onions and cilantro 10 gr Five spice powder 1 tablespoon Garlic 1 bulb Red onion 1 bulb Seasoning 30 gr (sugar/ salt/ cooking oil/…)
Tips for choosing beef: You should choose beef that has both tendon and meat, as it will still be chewy and delicious when stewed, with bright red, fresh meat, and large fibers.
How to prepare Beef Stew with Potatoes
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the beef, soak it in salt water for about 15 minutes to reduce the smell, and let it drain.
Cut the beef into bite-sized square pieces.
Peel and wash the potatoes and carrots, then cut them into bite-sized cubes.
Peel the garlic and shallots, crush them, and chop finely.
Chop the green onions and cilantro finely.
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Marinate the beef
Put the beef in a bowl, add half of the chopped shallots and garlic, one-third of the five-spice powder, and add 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2 teaspoons of seasoning, plus 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to make the beef tender and absorb the spices. Then mix thoroughly to ensure the spices coat the beef well.
Marinate the beef for about 20 minutes.
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Cooking Beef Stew with Potatoes in a Rice Cooker
Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pot, wait about 5 minutes for the oil to heat up, then add the remaining chopped garlic and shallots to sauté until fragrant, then add the beef and stir-fry until the meat is lightly cooked and firm.
Add 3 cups of filtered water to the pot so that the water just covers the surface of the beef. Cover the pot and cook for another 10 minutes until it boils. After 10 minutes, skim off any foam if present. Cover the pot and simmer for about 30 minutes until the beef is tender.
After 30 minutes of simmering the beef, open the pot, add the potatoes and carrots, and stew for an additional 15 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are soft. Then adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste.
After 15 minutes of stewing the potatoes, turn off the heat and sprinkle the chopped green onions and cilantro on top. Our dish is now complete.
Note: The broth must cover the carrots and potatoes; otherwise, the potatoes will be crunchy. If the water level decreases, you can add more water.
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Final Product
The beef stew is fragrant and tender with a little chewiness from the tendons, soft and aromatic potatoes and carrots that melt in your mouth, making it very appealing. You can enjoy the beef stew with bread, noodles, or rice, all of which are very delicious!
2. Green Pepper Beef Stew
Preparation
40 minutes
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Green Pepper Beef Stew For 4 people
Round beef 1 kg Carrot 1 piece Potato 1 piece Green pepper 100 gr Onion 1 piece Coconut water 1 liter Unsweetened fresh milk 200 ml Sliced shallots 20 gr Corn starch 50 gr Seasoning 30 gr (cooking oil/ salt/ butter/ tomato sauce/ pepper/ rock sugar/ seasoning powder/ chili sauce/ brown sauce…)
How to cook Green Pepper Beef Stew
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Prepare the ingredients
Beef cleaned, soaked in salt water for about 15 minutes, drained, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Carrots and potatoes peeled, washed, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Onion 1/4 diced, the remaining part cut into bite-sized pieces.
Keep 2 – 3 branches of green pepper for decoration, the rest remove all seeds from the stems.
Fry the potatoes in oil for about 4 – 5 minutes.
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Marinate the beef
Place the beef in a small bowl or dish, add 1.5 tablespoons of rock sugar, 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, a little ground pepper, 2 teaspoons of demi-glace sauce, a little red wine, 2 teaspoons of chili sauce, 2 teaspoons of ketchup, and 4 teaspoons of cooking oil. Mix well to let the beef absorb the seasoning.
Marinate the beef for about 20 minutes for the flavors to blend evenly.
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Green Pepper Beef Stew
Place a pot on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, then add sliced shallots and diced onions to sauté until fragrant. Add green peppercorns to the pot, followed by butter, and stir well until the butter melts. When the mixture becomes aromatic, add 3 tablespoons of tomato sauce.
Add the beef to the pot, stir-fry until it is browned, then add coconut water and bring to a boil. When boiling, remove the lid and season with: 1 teaspoon of rock sugar, 2 teaspoons of seasoning powder, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate.
Skim off any foam if present, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 60 minutes until the beef is tender.
After simmering for an hour, add carrots to the pot and cook for about 5 minutes until just tender. Next, add potatoes, onions, and unsweetened fresh milk into the pot and cook for another 5 minutes until boiling, and the dish is complete. You can sprinkle a little cilantro on top to make the dish more appealing.
Note: You can add a little cornstarch mixed with water to the pot to thicken the beef stew.
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Final Product
The green pepper beef stew is delicious and flavorful with the aroma of beef and green pepper, served with bread or vermicelli is truly enticing, isn’t it? Enjoy it while the beef is still hot.
Successful execution tips
- Chewy beef requires quite a lot of time to stew. You can use a pressure cooker to stew faster, but the flavor will be less delicious.
- When buying, look at the grain of the beef. Choose beef with small, tender fibers, and avoid those with large, somewhat tough fibers.
- Select good beef for stews: Cuts with tendons or similar to tendons such as: beef shank, beef tendon, beef thigh, tail, ribs… are relatively chewy but will become very tender and delicious when stewed.
- How to choose good beef: Good beef has a bright red color, fat that is bright yellow, tendons that are white and firm when pressed, not sinking deeply. Press your hand into the meat; if the meat has good elasticity, does not stick to your hand, and has no unpleasant smell, then it is fresh meat.
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2 ways to make beef stew with potatoes and green pepper that are delicious and easy to make, right? This will definitely enrich your family’s meals.
*Refer to images and recipes from 2 YouTube channels: Luci Food and Cooking Together.
