Chinese home cooking

Clear-Simmered Beef Rib Meat with Dipping Sauce

清炖牛肋条

Beef rib meat simmers with ginger, scallions and red dates and is served sliced with a chile-garlic dipping sauce.

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Sliced cooked beef beside a chopped chile dipping sauce.
Clear-Simmered Beef Rib Meat with Dipping Sauce
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Ingredients

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  • beef rib meat
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • water
  • red dates
  • garlic
  • green and red chiles
  • cilantro or scallions
  • as neededsalt
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • a littlesugar
  • a littlepepper
  • sesame oil
  • a few spoonfulsbeef cooking broth

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Ingredient Notes

  • The source cools the beef in its cooking liquid to help it slice without breaking.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Blanch beef rib meat from cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine. Lift out and rinse.

  2. 02

    Put beef in clean water with scallions, ginger and red dates. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 hours.

  3. 03

    Turn off the heat and let the meat cool in its broth before slicing, as directed by the source.

  4. 04

    Mix minced garlic, chopped chiles, cilantro or scallions, salt, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sesame oil and a few spoonfuls of cooking broth for the dip.

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Clear-Simmered Beef Rib Meat with Dipping Sauce

Beef rib meat simmers with ginger, scallions and red dates and is served sliced with a chile-garlic dipping sauce.

Ingredients

  • beef rib meat
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • water
  • red dates
  • garlic
  • green and red chiles
  • cilantro or scallions
  • as neededsalt
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • a littlesugar
  • a littlepepper
  • sesame oil
  • a few spoonfulsbeef cooking broth

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Method

  1. 01

    Blanch beef rib meat from cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine. Lift out and rinse.

  2. 02

    Put beef in clean water with scallions, ginger and red dates. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 hours.

  3. 03

    Turn off the heat and let the meat cool in its broth before slicing, as directed by the source.

  4. 04

    Mix minced garlic, chopped chiles, cilantro or scallions, salt, light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, sesame oil and a few spoonfuls of cooking broth for the dip.