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Curry Brisket Noodles
5 min
Prep Time110 min
Cook Time115 min
Total TimeCurry brisket is a staple dish commonly found in cha chaan teng’s (Hong Kong diners). This recipe takes a bit of time to prepare but the resulting fall-apart-tender beef brisket smothered in rich and savory curry sauce is so worth it!
Ingredients (4 servings)
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500g chuck steak
2 carrots
2 potatoes
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
4 scallions
10g ginger
2 star anise
4 bay leaves
1 tbsp shaoxing wine
1 tbsp chu hou paste
15g monk fruit erythritol sweetener
2 tbsp curry paste
2 tsp curry powder
100ml coconut milk
-Salt, to taste
2 tsp olive oil
To serve
4 servings cooked noodles
-Steamed broccolini
- Large dice onion, carrots and potatoes. Mince garlic. Roughly chop scallions and slice ginger.
- Cut beef into 2 inch pieces.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add beef and blanch for 5 minutes. Drain and discard the water.
- Heat up 1 tsp oil in a large nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat. Add shallots, ginger and chu hou paste and stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Add beef and shaoxing wine and stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Add bay leaves, star anise, monkfruit erythritol sweetener, and enough tap water to cover all ingredients. Cover with a lid and let simmer on low heat for 45 minutes.
- When the time is almost up, heat up 1 tsp oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic, onion, curry paste and curry powder. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Transfer everything to the saucepan and continue simmering on low heat for 30 more minutes.
- Add carrots, potatoes and coconut milk. Add more water if needed so all ingredients are mostly submerged, and let simmer for 20 minutes.
- Season to taste with salt. Serve hot with steamed vegetables and cooked noodles of choice. Enjoy!
Notes
- I chose to use chuck steak because it’s economical and leaner than brisket, but feel free to use any other cut of meat for braising that you like.
- You can use any noodles and cooked greens of choice.
- Traditionally, this dish is made with rock sugar. I used monkfruit erythritol sweetener instead, but feel free to use any other sweetener of choice.
- Chu hou paste can be found in Chinese grocery stores. If you can't find it, you may substitute with hoisin sauce.
- This dish keeps well and tastes even better the next day, so feel free to make a big batch! In addition to noodles, you may also serve it with steamed rice.
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