serves
6
prep
20 minutes
cook
3 hours
difficulty
Easy
serves
6
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
3
hours
difficulty
Easy
level
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episode • Destination Flavour China • cooking • 26m
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episode • Destination Flavour China • cooking • 26m
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Ingredients
- 2 kg yak belly, beef belly, or beef short rib, cut into 5 cm pieces
- 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- 3 whole dried chillies
- 5 black cardamom pods, or 2 tsp coriander seed
- 2 star anise
- 3 thick slices ginger
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp dried black cardamom leaves, or dried coriander leaves (optional)
- 1 tsp salt
- 75 g yak butter, or cultured cow’s milk butter
- 1 daikon radish, peeled and cut into thick batons
- 2 handfuls fresh mint
Serves 6 as part of a shared meal
Instructions
1. Place all the ingredients except the radish and mint into a heavy-based saucepan and add enough water to cover.
2. Bring to a simmer over high heat, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 2 hours. Add the daikon and simmer for another 45 minutes or until the meat and daikon are tender.
3. Taste the stew and adjust the seasoning if needed, then remove from the heat.
4. Scatter with the mint leaves and serve immediately.
Photography by Adam Liaw.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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