Red cooked beef with gravy noodles
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Boned chuck roast or thick -steak
- 3 tb Cooking oil
- 2 tb Peanut oil or deep frying -oil
- 2 Scallions coarsely chopped
- 2 Cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 ts Fresh ginger minced
- 4 lg Stalks Napa cabbage leaves -removed Cut in 2" squares
- 1/2 lb Fresh egg noodles MMMMM---------------------RED-COOKING LIQUID--------------------------
- 1 ts Sichuan peppercorns
- 4 c Water
- 1/2 c Black soy sauce
- 2 tb Chinjiang vinegar
- 2 Scallions
- 3 sl Ginger
- 1 Piece dried licorice root -(opt) MMMMM---------------------GRAVY INGREDIENTS--------------------------
- 1 1/4 c Chicken stock
- 2 tb Medium sherry
- 1 ts Ground bean sauce
- 1/2 ts Sugar
Instructions:
Cornstarch paste A fatty cut of beef gives this dish more beef flavor which is the point of the dish; rich mellow gently seasoned. Red-Cooking Meat: In medium hot wok toast peppercorns until fra- grant (avoid burning); crush & finely mince with cleaver; reserve. Cut beef into 1 1/2" chunks. Heat cooking oil in hot wok until it starts to smoke; brown beef in several batches; drain oil & discard. Combine peppercorns & remaining ingredients of red-cooking liquid; add to wok. Bring to boil; reduce heat & simmer covered for 1 1/2 to 2 hours until meat is very tender. (If liquid evaporates before meat is tender add cup of water or stock and continue cooking.) Remove meat from liquid. If desired cool meat cover and refrigerate. Boiling Noodles: Bring 4 qts. water to rolling boil; add noodles. Drain when still slightly undercooked. Stir-frying: Heat peanut oil in hot wok. When oil starts to smoke add scallions & stir-fry until fragrant. Add garlic ginger & Napa cabbage; stir-fry for about 1 minute until cabbage is slightly wilt- ed. Add meat & all gravy ingredients except cornstarch paste. Reduce heat to medium cover & simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove cover; dribble in enough cornstarch paste to make a light gravy; not too heavy as you want to coat noodles but not too soupy either. Turn up heat; when sauce returns to boil add noodles. Toss to mix (& reheat) noodles. Transfer to warmed serving platter or large bowl.
