Braised Beef Brisket with Enoki Mushrooms

华山中学初二6班 角娅萌

Steps: Prepare the ingredients. Prepare the beef brisket: Place the beef brisket in a colander and rinse with water to remove blood. Blanching: Put the rinsed beef brisket into a cooking pot, add enough boiling water to cover the brisket, and add 1 tablespoon of scallion-ginger cooking wine.<br>Cover the pot and use the blanching function of the cooking machine to blanch for 8 minutes. Rinse:Transfer the blanched beef brisket to a colander and rinse off the surface scum with water. Cut into chunks:Cut the beef brisket into large chunks. Peel the small potatoes, peel the carrots, and cut them into large rolling wedges. Peel the outer layer of the garlic cloves and rinse them clean for later use. Pan-fry the beef brisket: Heat oil in a pan, add the chopped beef brisket, and pan-fry until fragrant.<br> Add 2 rinsed bay leaves and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the garlic and stir-fry until the surface of the beef brisket turns slightly yellow. Then transfer the beef brisket to the left cooking pot.<br> Use the remaining oil in the pan to pan-fry the potatoes.<br> Add the carrot chunks and pan-fry until the surface turns slightly yellow. Then transfer to the left cooking pot. Stir-fry the tomatoes: Use the remaining oil in the pan to stir-fry the chopped tomatoes until softened. Add tomato paste and stir-fry until the tomatoes thicken. Then transfer to the cooking pot.<br> Clean the pan, heat it, and add a small amount of vegetable oil. Stir-fry the diced onions.<br> Add 1 bay leaf and stir-fry until the surface of the onions turns slightly yellow.<br>Transfer to the cooking pot:Transfer the fragrant onions to the left cooking pot. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, cooking wine, and salt. Use the weighing function of the cooking machine to measure 20 grams of yellow rock sugar.<br> Add enough water to reach the maximum water level in the cooking pot.<br> Cover the pot and use the cooking machine's stewing function to simmer over high heat for 80 minutes.<br> With 25 minutes remaining, add the rinsed enoki mushrooms (roots removed) and simmer over medium heat. Transfer to a bowl and sprinkle a small amount of ground black pepper over the beef brisket and enoki mushrooms before serving. Cooking Tips for Braised Beef Brisket with Enoki Mushrooms:<br>1. Blanching the beef brisket with cooking wine helps remove the gamey taste.<br>2. Pan-frying the beef brisket with a little vegetable oil before stewing enhances its flavor.<br>3. If you don't like tomato skins, peel them beforehand to make the stewed beef brisket sauce smoother.