Beef Stew with Sweet Potatoes
3 hours 15 minutes
This is an interesting stew to prepare and to eat. The beef and sweet potatoes are served separately from their cooking liquid, with soy sauce for dipping.
fatwolf55
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- chopped fresh ginger, to taste
- 500g beef topside roast
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Chinese rice wine, to taste
- water, as needed
- salt, to taste
- 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into large chunks
- soy sauce, to taste
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:3hours ›
Ready in:3hours15min
- Squeeze 1/2 teaspoon of liquid out of the ginger into a small bowl. Set aside.
- Blanch the beef in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain. Cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. Add the beef, ginger liquid and rice wine and stir fry for a few minutes. Remove from the wok.
- Transfer the beef to a stock pot with a generous amount of boiling water. Re-boil over high heat. Turn the heat to low.
- Cover the pot and simmer until the beef meat is just cooked. Add the sweet potatoes and stew for about 2 hours. Season with salt.
- Transfer the sweet potatoes to a serving dish and then spoon the beef on the top. Pour the soup into a separate bowl and bring to the table. Serve with soy sauce for dipping.
