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Quick-braised Chinese beef short ribs

By Luke Dale-Roberts
4
Easy
20 minutes
40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 g beef short ribs
  • 3 star anise
  • 1/2 stick cinnamon
  • 2 apples, diced
  • 1/2 t Szechaun peppercorns
  • 8 cloves
  • 6 cups water
  • 1/3 cup soya sauce
  • 6 T oyster sauce
  • 2 T brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup sherry
  • 1 3cm piece ginger
  • Steamed jasmine rice, for serving
  • Steamed bok choy, for serving

Method

Place all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook at high pressure for 40 minutes. Remove the lid and reduce the cooking liquor by two thirds.

Serve the beef ribs in their liquor with steamed jasmine rice and bok choy.