I always enjoy this comfort food and it is great for meal prep. You can prepare it in advance and freeze, defrost and add some noodles. Perfect for weekday meal.
Beef Brisket Soup
Ingredients
- 5 lb. Beef Brisket
- 10 garlic cloves
- 10 slices ginger
- 3 stalk green onion
- 4 star arise
- 5 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup fish sauce
- 2 tbsp cooking wine
- 2 tbsp chicken broth mix
- 1 piece rock sugar
- 1 daikon
- Water – enough to cover the beef
Optional:
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 dried chili pepper
- 1 tsp Sichuan Peppercorn
- 2 Cardamom
Instructions
- Peel daikon and cut into pieces
- Put all spices (star arise, bay leave, cinnamon stick, dried chili pepper, Sichuan peppercorn and cardamom) into a tea bag. Or if you don’t have all of the spices, you can use star arise and bay leaves only.
- Blanch beef brisket with 5 slices of ginger and green onion for 10 minutes at high heat. Raise with cold water.
- Heat wok and add oil, add the remaining ginger slice, garlic cloves, beef brisket, and cooking wine and cook for a minute. Add chicken broth mix, water, rock sugar, fish sauce and spices.
- Use pressure cooker and cook for 30 minutes. Check beef and make sure they are tender enough. Add daikon and cook until they are soft.