【Braised beef and potatoes】
by MaomaoMom
It is easy and hassle free to use the Ropot to pan fry the potato chunks. If you like to have Ropot go to https://www.ropots.com/, with a coupon of maomaomom88 for $30 off.
Meal type: Beef
Prepare time:10 minutes
Cook time: 2 hours
Level: low
Serves: 10 serving
Ingredients:
1) 1250 beef shank or flank steak;
2) 2 medium size potatoes about 440g, 2 tbsp olive oil;
3) 1.5 tbsp olive oil, 2 green onions chopped to 1 inch long pieces; 3-4 slices of fresh ginger, 1 anise star, 2 cloves;
4) 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1.5 tbsp premium soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 2 tbsp brown sugar.
Directions:
1: Beef cut into 2.5 cm cubes and soak in cold water for 30 minutes and then drain. Peel off potato skin, rinse and pat dry with a paper towel. (You can leave the skin on if you prefer). Cut each potato in 2 equal portions lengthwise then cut into 4 equal-size cubes.
2: Add chopped green onions, sliced ginger, 1 anise star, 2 cloves (Picture 1) and 1.5 tbsp olive oil to a non-stick sauté pan over high heat, add beef cubes (Picture 2), sauté for a few minutes until water evaporates and beef turns brown (Picture 3).
3: Add all the ingredients of Ingredient 4) (Picture 4) and bring to boil. If you would like to decrease the cooking time, you can transfer beef and sauce to a InstantPot and pressure cook for 30 minutes. Otherwise, add 2 cups cold water and bring to boil, reduce to low heat and simmer for 1.5 hours.
4: Meanwhile, plug in the Ropot cooker, place with the flat inner pot, and press Power button to preheat the cooker. Add 2 tbsp oil and potato chunks (Picture 4), close the lid, press Function to select Panfry function, when 3 seconds count down finishes, press + sign and increase time to 6 minutes, program starts.
5: When the program ends, open the lid from side, turn over the potato chunks (Picture 5). Close the lid, press Function to select Panfry function again, repeat until 4 sides are cooked (Picture 6).
6: Add cooked potatoes to already simmer for 1.5 hours, continue cook on medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stir occasionally. On medium-high heat, open lid and reduce the sauce to thickness.
7: Transfer the cooked beef and potatoes into to a serving bowl, serve immediately over steamed rice. Yummy!!
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