Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe (Bo Kho)

(Bò Kho) - Stewed Beef originally comes from many stunning Vietnamese Cuisine. We usually serve this dish with bread (bánh mì) or steamed rice or even rice noodles.
Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho

Ingredients

- 1kg beef (cleaned and slice into medium square cubes – 3cm)
- 300g carrot, peeled and sliced into small circle shapes (1.5cm thickness)
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- 1 bowl water
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced into small cubes
- Spices: salt, magi’s stuff, sugar, fish sauce, pepper, 1 brand lemongrass (cleaned and smashed), 5 flavors starch, annatto seed flour, 2 – 3g grilled star anise.
- Minced garlic, sliced ginger, minced shallot

Process

- Add all sliced beef cubes into pot. Marinate (for 1kg meat) with 2 teaspoons salt + ½ teaspoon Magi’s stuff + 1 tablespoon minced garlic, sliced ginger, minced shallot + smashed lemongrass + 1 teaspoon fish sauce + ½ teaspoon pepper + 1 teaspoon sugar, wait for 20 – 30 minutes and then continue to marinate with 15gr 5 flavors starch + 5g annatto seed flour  + 2-3g grilled star anise. Mix well and wait more 30 minutes. 
Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho

Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho
-: Mix 1 tablespoon tapioca starch or corn starch with 1 bowl water.
Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho

Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho
- Put pot (added spices in step 1) on cooking stove, add more 1 tablespoon oil and fry with small heat until meat is shrunk and add a little hot water into. (Make sure you will stop pouring when water reaches the top of meat) and stew with small heat.  
Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho
- Stew until all meat is soft, add more sliced carrot + onion and continue stewing until carrot is soft as well.
- Pour slowly mixture tapioca starch into pot, use chopsticks or spoon to stir well and gently until its broth is thicker. Season again to suit your flavor. 
Vietnamese Stewed Beef Recipe - Bò Kho
- Eating when Vietnamese Stewed Beef  is hot with bread or steamed rice or even rice noodles as I told above is all delicious. 

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