Home-style Steamed Beef Recipe
Now there are too many so-called "white sliced beef" on the market.Adding numerous seasonings, while indeed enhancing the flavor, it often leaves one feeling something is missing.
As its name suggests, "white sliced beef," it should have minimal seasoning,
preserving the pure fragrance of the beef and avoiding overpowering extra spices.If in the mood, why not buy a fresh piece of buckwheat tendon meat?Just two seasonings are needed: raw ginger from my friend’s home, and homemade goji berry wine; the beef really does come out extremely fragrant!
There's no need to fuss over any dipping sauce; simply eating it is delightful. White sliced beef
Ingredients: fresh buckwheat tendon meat, ginger, and yellow rice wine
The preparation of white sliced beef
1. Rinse the fresh buckwheat tendon meat repeatedly with clean water;
2. Slice the ginger and place it in a pressure cooker, followed by the beef;
3. Pour most of a bowl of yellow rice wine (pictured here is homemade goji berry wine, darker in color);
4. Add enough water to the pressure cooker, bring to a boil and remove any foam before sealing the lid;
5. After steam has risen, cook on low heat for twenty-five minutes;
6. Remove the beef, cool it thoroughly, then slice it.
White sliced beef
Ingredients Dietary pairing tips Beef and pork should not be eaten together:
mutton can cause live maggots to form according to The Ben Cao Gang Mu;in traditional Chinese medicine, mutton is sour-cold and slightly cool, with a dampening and cooling nature. Beef, on the other hand, has a warm nature and a sweet taste. One is warm while the other is cold; one strengthens the spleen while the other is damp and yin-nourishing. Their properties are in opposition, so they should not be consumed together.
Leeks cannot be eaten with beef: beef has benefits for strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood,tonifying muscles and bones, and dissolving phlegm to calm agitation. However, many people consume ginger and leeks alongside their beef meals. In fact, such a practice is quite unscientific.According to The Ben Cao Gang Mu, "beef mixed with mutton and glutinous rice wine, can produce live maggots;eating it with leeks can cause feverish illnesses, and eating it with ginger can..."Eating with leeks can cause heat illness, eating with ginger can alleviate it.
