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How To Make Bo Kho
Hearty, filling, & flavorful, this bo kho dish slow cooks tender & fall apart meat in a spicy broth, for a scrumptious Vietnamese beef stew.
Ingredients
- 1 lb beef shank, cubed
- 1 lb beef chuck, cubed
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 ginger, (2 to 3-inch)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp 5 spice powder
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 lemongrass stalk, cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 carrots, large
- 1 daikon, cut into chunks
- 2 star anise
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp Better Than Bouillon beef base
- 6 cups water
- mint
- 1 lime
Instructions
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Marinate the beef chuck and beef shank for 30 minutes with 2 cloves of garlic, 1 2-inch thinly slice piece of ginger, fish sauce, 5-spice, cinnamon, and vegetable oil. Make sure to include the bone from the beef shank in the marinade. Set aside.
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In a large soup pot, saute onions, the rest of the ginger, and the rest of the garlic for 1 minute. Next, add the marinated beef and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until all sides are seared. Deglaze the pot with red wine and cook until the alcohol is burned out. The alcohol should not smell anymore.
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Add in the lemongrass, carrots, daikon, bay leaf, salt, tomato paste, Better Than Bouillon beef base, and water. Bring the soup to a boil and lower the heat to a simmer. Simmer for 2 hours. Check on the soup every ½ hour and scoop away any impurities seen.
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Once done, ladle soup into a bowl. Top with mint and lime juice to finish it off. Eat with bread, rice, or rice noodles. Enjoy!
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