Sticky ginger beef

Excellent source of iron and zinc

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Serves

4

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

2 hrs 30 mins

Sticky pull-apart beef loaded onto your favourite flat breads doesn’t get much better than this. Serve with crunchy sliced vegetables, a drizzle of hoisin sauce and a scatter of toasted peanuts.

Sticky pull-apart beef loaded onto your favourite flat breads doesn’t get much better than this. Serve with crunchy sliced vegetables, a drizzle of hoisin sauce and a scatter of toasted peanuts.

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Kathy Paterson
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Ingredients

Beef
  • 600g Quality Mark cross-cut bladei

    cut into 5cm pieces
  • 1 red onion

    chopped
  • 1 red chilli

    deseeded and chopped
  • 5cm piece fresh ginger

    sliced
  • 1 cup beef stock

  • 1/4 cup beeri

  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce

  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar

  • 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice

To serve
  • wholemeal roti bread

  • cucumber

  • radish

  • mung bean sprouts

  • fresh coriander

  • mint leaves

  • hoisin sauce

  • sesame oil

  • roasted unsalted peanuts

Method

To Make Beef
1

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

2

Place the onion, chilli and ginger in a food processor and process until finely chopped.

3

Add the stock, beer, soy sauce, brown sugar and Chinese five spice powder and process to combine.

4

Place the beef in a casserole dish and pour over the onion mixture.

5

Cover with a piece of baking paper cut to fit and the lid.

6

Place beef in the oven and cook for 2 hours 30 mins, until very tender.

7

To thicken the sauce a little, place sauce in a heavy-based saucepan and cook over low heat until syrupy and the flavour intensifies.

To Serve
1

Serve beef with the flat bread, vegetables, herbs and a drizzle of hoisin sauce and sesame oil.

2

Scatter over peanuts.

Slow Cooker Method
1

Cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 8-9 hours.

2

To thicken the sauce if necessary, remove meat and pour the sauce into a heavy based saucepan and cook over low heat until syrupy and the flavour intensifies.

Nutrition Information per Serving (313g)

Energy
1456kJ (348 kcal)
Protein
34.9g
Total Fat
14.3g
Saturated Fat
3.7g
Carbohydrate
17g
Sodium
622mg
Iron
3.9mg
Zinc
7.6mg
Vitamin B12
3.4µg