Yen Can Cook ~ Red Wine Beef Stew
This dish has been in my to-cook list for some time and I just didn’t have the urge to cook it until I saw my blogger friend KY shared his beautifully executed beef stew in his IG story. That prompted me to get all the ingredients needed and finally cooked this on last Sunday.
Ingredients (Serve: 4-5)
700g beef brisket
1 yellow onion, quartered
10-12 button mushrooms
1 carrot, cut into big chunks
2 potatoes, cut into chunks
10-12 cherry tomatoes
1 tomato, quartered
1/2 zucchini, cut into big chunks
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 thumb-sized ginger, minced
1 tablespoon peppercorn
Cooking oil
Ingredient A
150ml tomato puree
80ml red wine
80ml soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
1.5 teaspoons salt
2 bay leaves
1 star anise
700ml water
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Step 1: Put the beef brisket into a pot of water and bring to boil, to remove blood and impurities. Remove, drain and set aside.
Step 2: Heat up cooking oil in a wok and saute the minced garlic and ginger until fragrant. Add in yellow onion and continue stir fry until soften.
Step 3: Add in peppercorn and stir fry till fragrant. Add in beef brisket (Step 1), carrot and tomato chunks and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
Step 4: Add in all items of ingredient A, braise for 50-60 minutes with lid on under low heat, until beef brisket are soften,
Step 5: Add in button mushrooms, cheery tomatoes and potato chunks. Braise for another 8-10 minutes.
Step 6: Lastly, add in zucchini and braise for another 2-3 minutes.
Note: Zucchini is added lastly to retain its colour and texture. You may add earlier if you prefer softer zucchini.
Step 7: Serve with rice, noodles or bread.
HAPPY COOKING! #dudukrumahagain #stayhealthy
Wah! I would love to eat your beef stew with crusty bread. I have tried using red wine in my beef stew but somehow the taste is not for me. I prefer without red wine. I must cook beef stew again!
PH, bread & beef stew indeed a good pairing but I didn’t manage to get any when I cooked this. >_< Actually this recipe called for small amount of red wine and I couldn't taste it too, perhaps I should add more next time, LOL
I’ve not cooked anything with red wine at home as it’s not something I have in my pantry since I’m not a red wine lover and drink it rarely for socialising purposes only. ^_~
Kris, red wine in cooking was my first time too but I’ve tried white wine dishes for several times. I don’t keep red wine as I’m a white wine drinker, hehe 😛
Your photos are beautiful but I have not eaten this before.
TM, thank you 🙂 This recipe is simple and you can definitely can nail it!
Welcome to the beef stew club!
KY, it’s time for me to get a pressure cooker!