Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho

When we mention about traditional Vietnamese cuisine, we cannot miss Stewed Beef (Bò Kho). It originally comes from many stunning Vietnamese Food Recipes. We usually serve this dish with bread (bánh mì) or steamed rice or even rice noodles. Each stuff will bring a unique flavor for stewed beef. My mom loves cooking this food when we have any party at home. Eating when it is hot, sprinkle more pepper and lime water will increase its fantastic flavor in your mouth.

Vietnamese Stewed Beef (Bò Kho)
 

What will you cook in this weekend? If you still cannot think any delicious food, why don’t choose this one? Trust me, with one of stunning Vietnamese Food Recipes like this dish will not make you disappoint. If you are ready, feel free to follow my instruction below and let us start cooking right now.

Ingredients:

1kg beef (cleaned and slice into medium square cubes – 3cm)
300g carrot, peeled and sliced into small circle shapes (1.5cm thickness)
1 tablespoon tapioca starch
1 bowl water
1 onion, peeled and sliced into small cubes
Spices: salt, magi’s stuff, sugar, fish sauce, pepper, 1 brand lemongrass (cleaned and smashed), 5 flavors starch, annatto seed flour, 2 – 3g grilled star anise.
Minced garlic, sliced ginger, minced shallot

Process:
Step 1: Add all sliced beef cubes into pot. Marinate (for 1kg meat) with 2 teaspoons salt + ½ teaspoon Magi’s stuff + 1 tablespoon minced garlic, sliced ginger, minced shallot + smashed lemongrass + 1 teaspoon fish sauce + ½ teaspoon pepper + 1 teaspoon sugar, wait for 20 – 30 minutes and then continue to marinate with 15gr 5 flavors starch + 5g annatto seed flour  + 2-3g grilled star anise. Mix well and wait more 30 minutes.

Step 2: Mix 1 tablespoon tapioca starch or corn starch with 1 bowl water.

Step 3: Put pot (added spices in step 1) on cooking stove, add more 1 tablespoon oil and fry with small heat until meat is shrunk and add a little hot water into. (Make sure you will stop pouring when water reaches the top of meat) and stew with small heat. Here is also the important step to create one of amazing Vietnamese Food Recipes from us.

Step 4: Stew until all meat is soft, add more sliced carrot + onion and continue stewing until carrot is soft as well.

Step 5: Pour slowly mixture tapioca starch in step 2 into pot, use chopsticks or spoon to stir well and gently until its broth is thicker. Season again to suit your flavor.

 

Finally, your dish is ready served. Eating when it is hot with bread or steamed rice or even rice noodles as I told above is all delicious. Cooking stewed beef is quite multiform. Depend on your flavor; you can change to suit with. Serving this dish for breakfast or main meals is all great choice. Why don’t you try to cook one of amazing Vietnamese Food Recipes right now? Weekend is already arrived; it is the great time for you to show your cooking skills to your family.

From DrinkYear Team