4 cook chinese beef stew Recipes

oxtails, cut into pieces, fat trimmed, kosher salt and ground black pepper, vegetable oil, shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, low-sodium beef or chicken stock, dark or regular soy sauce, brown sugar, star anise, broken into pieces, lemongrass stalks, trimmed and bruised, scallions, trimmed and cut into 2-inch lengths , plus 2 scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal, for garnish, fresh ginger, garlic cloves, peeled, thai chili peppers, cut into 1/2-inch lengths, fresh or dried whole shiitake mushrooms, stems removed , re-hydrated if dried, lime , zested and cut into small wedges, cooked jasmine rice , for serving.

stewing beef or 2 lbs pork shoulder, cube 3/4 - 1, oil (vegetable, peanut, canola), vegetables, cut up (carrots, lo bok, etc), yellow onion , cut in large chunks - to taste (leek works well too), garlic , smashed, fresh ginger, peeled and smashed, star anise (opt for beef), chinese dried orange rind (opt for beef), chile, fresh or dried (optional), brown sugar (start with the smaller amount and add more if desired), soy sauce (use a combination of light and dark in any proportion), dry sherry, boiling water

onions, fresh gingerroot, garlic cloves, ground coriander, vegetable oil, chinese cooking wine , or dry sherry, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, beef broth, preferably organic, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, cinnamon sticks, star anise, beef shank on the bone , cut by the butcher into thick slices (or 2 1/4 lb beef shank off the bone or other beef stew meat, cut into large cubes), carrots, scallions, red chile, green chile, cilantro, juice of 1 lime, thai fish sauce, superfine sugar