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Aromatic Beef (Cold)

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Beef Chinese

Ingredients:

  • 2 lb Beef bottom round, fat trimmed
  • Oil
  • 4 oz Soy sauce
  • 6 oz Dry sherry
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 2 Ginger slices
  • 3 Scallions, in 1" lengths
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 Star anise star
  • 4 Basil sprigs
  • 1 tb Sugar
  • Water to cover
  • 2 tb Gelatin
  • 4 oz Cold water
  • Sesame oil

Directions:

Wash meat and pat dry. Brown quickly on all sides in a little oil. Combine next 9 ingredients in a large kettle. Bring to a boil. Add meat and water to cover. Lower heat and let simmer at lowest heat for 2 hrs. Off heat, let steep for 1 hr. Remove beef, chill, and slice thin.
 
Strain and defat liquid. Soften gelatin in water; add to liquid in a fresh pot. Bring to a boil and reduce to 2 - 2 1/2 c. Let cool. Arrange beef in a serving bowl or dish or mold that has been oiled with a dash of sesame oil. Pour cooled liquid over. Chill in fridge.
 
To serve: unmold on a bed of greens.
 
From: Michael Loo
 
Recipes posted to FIDO COOKING echo by Mike Loo, an excellent cook, between Dec 1, 1944 and Jul 31, 1995. Many are authentic Chinese recipes.
 
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mikeloo.zip