Vietnamese Beef Stew. Bo kho is a delicious Vietnamese pot-roasted beef stew, fragrant with lemongrass, star anise and cinnamon. When the meat is fork tender, carrots are added to complete the dish. If you wish, include turnips or daikon radish or potatoes.
If you love beef stew, you definitely need to check out this Bo Kho recipe - this Vietnamese beef stew has all the flavors of a traditional beef stew with additional aromatics from lemongrass and star anise to give it another dimension of flavor.
It also can be easily transformed into a beef noodle soup bowl as well!
Now, that my Vietnamese beef stew (bò sốt vang) is ready, and my house smells so gloriously good, it's time to dig in.
You can have Vietnamese Beef Stew using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Vietnamese Beef Stew
- It's of ingredients: 2 lbs beef shank, cut into 1.5 inch cubes.
- Prepare 1/2 knob of ginger, thinly sliced.
- It's 2 of beef tendon strips or about 1/2 lb.
- You need 1 stalk of lemongrass (white end bruised and slice into 4-5 inch.
- It's 2 of bay leaves 3-4 star anise seeds, (toasted optional).
- It's 32 oz of beef broth 4 medium sized carrots 2 tbs annato seed oil.
- Prepare 1 tbs of diced shallots 1 tbs minced garlic 1 tbs paprika.
- Prepare 1 tbs of minced lemongrass 1/2 tbs fish sauce 1/2 ts red chili powd.
- You need 1/4 of ts cinnamon 1/4 ts clove powder 1/4 ts anise powder.
- It's 1 of ts ground pepper 1 ts sugar.
- It's of Marinade 1 tbs diced shallots 1 tbs minced garlic.
- It's 1 tbs of paprika 1 tbs minced lemongrass 1/2 tbs fish sauce.
- It's 1/2 of ts red chili powder 1/4 ts cinnamon 1/4 ts clove powder.
- It's 1/4 of ts anise powder 1 ts ground pepper 1 ts sugar.
- It's of Accompaniments Toasted French baguettes Fresh Basil.
- You need of lime/lemon wedges Diced cilantro and green onions Sliced jalapen.
- Prepare of Rice noodles.
I am serving it with banh mi or bánh mì. My daughter who lives in Vietnam told me that the word banh mi is the generic Vietnamese word for bread. Actually banh means bread and mi means wheat. The French introduced the baguette to French Indochina during.
Vietnamese Beef Stew instructions
- In large mixing bowl, combine the beef shank with the spice marinade for at least 2 hours. Saute the beef with 1 tbs of annato seed oil until browned and seared under medium high heat. Transfer this into the slow cooker. Add the beef tendons, stalk of lemonsgrass, star anise seeds, bay leaves, and beef broth. You may need to add more broth or water to just cover and submerge the beef. Set slow cooker to lowest possible setting and allow to cook covered for overnight or about 8 hours. About 1 h.
- Set slow cooker to lowest possible setting and allow to cook covered for overnight or about 8 hours. About 1 hour before it's done, add the carrots. Just before serving add another 1 tbs of annato seed oil to the broth for a great red color. Make final adjustment and season to taste.
Vietnamese Beef Stew, or Bò Kho, was one of the very first dishes my mother-in-law taught me to cook after seeing the disastrous results when left on my own. My first attempt at Bò Kho resulted in an impenetrable thick stew with chewy, borderline inedible, meat. I had the flavor right b Vietnamese bò kho (beef stew) is packed with tender, fall-apart braised chunks of beef loaded with herbs, aromatics and a delicious broth that will have you coming back with more Vietnamese baguette! Similar to thịt kho, this slow braise / stew is easy to make, and the longer you cook it the softer the meat gets. Bring pot to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer.
