Chinese Hot Pot Of Beef And Vegetables

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat, 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped green onion
• 2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon anise seed, crushed
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can beef broth
• 2 3/4 cups water
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry
• 3 tablespoons chili paste with garlic
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cups cubed peeled turnips
• 1 1/2 cups baby carrots
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 8 cups fresh spinach

Recipe

• 1 heat 2 tsp vegtable oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat, add half of the beef, browniing all sides.
• 2 remove from the pan and repeat with the remaining oil and beef.
• 3 add then onions, ginger, aniseed, and garlic to the pan; saute 30 seconds.
• 4 stir in the broth, scraping the pan to loosen the brown bits.
• 5 return the beef to the pan.
• 6 add water, say, sugar, sherry, chili paste and cinnimon, then bring to a boil.
• 7 cover, reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour.
• 8 add the turnips and carrots, simmer for 45 minutes or until tender.
• 9 combinne 1 tbsp water and the cornstarch, add to beef mixture.
• 10 bring to a boil, cook for 1 minute, stirring frequentl.
• 11 ad spinach, cover and cook 3 minutes or until wilted.
• 12 discard the cinnimon sticks.