This Slow Cooker Chinese Braised Beef is simply PACKED with flavor! Shin of beef slow cooked with soy sauce, five spice, garlic and ginger until meltingly tender. Serve over rice or cauliflower rice.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time8 hourshrs
Total Time8 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Keyword: Chinese Braised Beef, Slow Cooker Chinese Beef
120ml(½ cup) Chinese cooking wineor use dry sherry
3tbspSukrin Goldor dark brown sugar
2onionssliced thinly
5garlic clovesminced
2tbspginger pasteor fresh grated ginger
5spring onions (scallions)finely sliced
3star anise
1cinnamon stick
2tspChinese five spice
¼tspSzechuan peppercornscrushed (optional)
1tbspcornflour (cornstarch)dissolved in a little cold water
To serve
1red chillifinely sliced, to serve
spring onions (scallions)
fresh gingercut into thin matchsticks
Instructions
Optional: brown the beef first until nicely seared on all sides. Use a large skillet or your crockpot if it allows for searing.
Add the beef in your slow cooker together with the garlic, onion, star anise and cinnamon stick.
Combine the beef broth, soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine, Sukrin and ginger in a measuring jug and stir. Pour over the beef, sprinkle with the five spice and add the spring onions and the pepper.
Cook for 7 hours on low setting, oruntil the beef is very tender.
If the sauce needs thickening, add the cornflour slurry to the slow cooker and switch to the high setting. Cook for 30 minutes or until the cooking juices are slightly thickened.
Use two forks to shred the beef. Check the seasoning and serve over steamed rice or cauliflower rice with the sliced chilli, ginger and spring onions.
Notes
Prepare a day ahead then put the beef (in the cooking juices but not shredded) in the fridge overnight. Any fat will solidify and you can discard it the next day.