How to Make Braised Beef

Ingredients:Beef shank(best if beef brisket）
)Seasonings: Doubanjiang sauce,garlic, fresh ginger, red onion (optional), dried red chili pepper,Sichuan peppercorns,，star anise, sand ginger, fennel seed,and cassia bark(just ran out of cinnamon bark), salt, chicken powder, etc.
Preparation:
1,cut the beef into larger pieces and blanch them before removing them from the pot, then cut them into smaller pieces. Do not discard the soup used to cook the beef; reserve it after skimming off any foam. 2,
prepare all the seasonings mentioned above.
3,
heat some oil in a wok and add all the seasonings except doubanjiang, stir-fry until fragrant.
4,
add doubanjiang sauce and stir-fry until fragrant.
5,add the chopped beef and stir-fry evenly. 6,