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Bò Kho Recipe (Vietnamese Beef Stew)
Easy Vietnamese Beef Stew in the Instant pot
Equipment
1 Pressure Cooker or
1 Pot for Braising (Braise 1-1.5 hrs, add carrots last 15 mins) or
1 Slow Cooker (Low for 8 hrs or high for 4 hrs, add carrots last 45 mins)
Ingredients
- 2.5 lbs Beef Chuck
- 3 Carrots
Aromatics & Spices
- 2 Onions
- 2 Shallots
- 5 Garlic
- 2 stalks Lemongrass
- 3 Aniseed
- 3 Bay Leaf
- 1 Cinnamon stick
Sauce Mixture
- 1 can Tomato Paste 6oz
- 1 can Beef Broth 14.5oz
- 2 tablespoon Mushroom Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon 5 Spice Powder
- ½ tablespoon Curry Powder
- 3 tablespoon Fish Sauce
Other Ingredients
- 1 can Water 14.5oz
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 2 tablespoon Cooking oil
Garnish
- Cilantro
- Mint
- Red Onions
- Jalapeno
Served with
- White Rice
- Rice Noodles
- Fresh French Bread
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Instructions
- Peel and slice carrots into 1.5" sections.
- Dice 2 onions, and 2 shallots, and mince 5 cloves of garlic.
- Cut Lemongrass into 3 sections and bruise the lemongrass with the back of your knife, or food mallet.
- Set the pressure cooker to saute mode and preheat on high.
- While the pot is heating up, Cut Beef Chuck into 1.5" Cubes and season all sides with salt and pepper.
- Add oil into the pressure cooker and add in ⅓ of Beef Chuck. Be careful not to crowd the pot. Sear 2 sides of the beef for 2-3 minutes each.
- Remove beef once browned and repeat batches until all the beef has browned. Add additional oil if needed.
- While the beef is browning, make the sauce mixture. Combine the following ingredients into a mixing cup or bowl and mix well:1 can Tomato Paste 6oz, 1 can Beef Broth 14.5oz, 2 tbsp Mushroom Seasoning, ½ tsp 5 Spice Powder, ½ tbsp Curry Powder, 3 tbsp Fish Sauce
- Once all the beef is done browning add in the diced onions shallots and garlic into the pressure cooker. Saute for about 2 minutes, then add 1 can of water to deglaze the pot. Scrape all browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Add in the browned beef, carrots, sauce mixture, and the rest of seasonings:2 stalks Lemongrass, 3 Aniseed, 3 Bay Leaf, 1 Cinnamon stick
- Set the pressure cooker to cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.
- While the stew is cooking, prepare the garnishes. Wash and prepare the cilantro and mint if using, and sliced jalapeños and red onions.
- Cook the white rice, noodles or slice bread.
- Let the pot naturally depressurize for 10 minutes after the cooking cycle has completed. Carefully release pressure.
- Garnish and serve
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Nutrition
Calories: 688kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 60gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 196mgSodium: 3263mgPotassium: 1842mgFiber: 5gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 8350IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 142mgIron: 9mg
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