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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the beef into 1in cubes and set aside. | 2. Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic. Peel the shallots, but leave whole. | 3. Cut the lemon grass into 1in sections, from the bottom to about 1in from the top; cut off and discard the straw like top. Crush each section lightly with a mallet or other heavy object. | 4. Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. | 5. Add the onions, garlic and shallots, and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the lemon grass and continue to fry, stirring, until the onions are lightly browned. Turn off the heat. | 6. Take the shallots out of the pan and set aside. | 7. Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons oil in a large, wide, preferably non-stick pan over a high heat. When hot, quickly fry the meat cubes in batches, turning to brown them all over. Remove with a slotted spoon. Brown all the meat in this way. | 8. Return all the meat to the large pan. Add 4 cups water and the garlic mixture. Coarsely chop the beans in the yellow bean sauce (if not already crushed) and add them too. | 9. Also put in the chili powder, star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns and sugar. Bring to the boil, then cover, lower the heat and simmer gently for 1¼ hours. | 10. Add the reserved shallots, cover again, and simmer for a further 15 minutes. | 11. Remove the lid, increase the heat to medium and cook for a further 15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened a little and the meat is tender. Skim the fat off the top of the stew before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
stewing beef	3 1/2			1412.1365	0.0	314.1607	7.9334
onion	2			128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
garlic clove	5			1412.1365	0.0	314.1607	7.9334
shallot	12			1382.4	322.56	48.0	1.92
lemongrass	1			-	-	-	-
vegetable oil	7	tablespoons		820.6239999999999	0.0	0.0	95.2
yellow bean sauce	6	tablespoons		1412.1365	0.0	314.1607	7.9334
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856
star anise	4			1412.1365	0.0	314.1607	7.9334
cinnamon	1/2			-	-	-	-
black peppercorn	1/2	teaspoon		1412.1365	0.0	314.1607	7.9334
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.