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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.