{"id":10399,"date":"2021-06-21T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fd5.b5b.myftpupload.com\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:05:33","slug":"shui-zhu-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinasichuanfood.com\/shui-zhu-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Shui Zhu Beef (Sichuan Boiled Beef)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn how to make hot and numbing Sichuan style water boiled beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou) at home. Sichuan style water boiled beef is one of my favorite dishes in restaurants. If you ever tasted it in China, you will crazily love the tenderness of the beef slices and shocked by how well they are flavored in the hot and red broth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWater boiling\u201d (\u6c34\u716e) is a unique cooking method originated in Sichuan cuisine<\/a>. Of course, delicious beef slices cannot be achieved via \u201ccooking in water\u201d. The meat (fish<\/a>, pork<\/a> and beef) is well coated with a \u201cprotection shell\u201d made from water and starch. This special layer of shell, on one hand, prevents the beef from being spoiled by the hot broth and on the other hand helps to keep the juice inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another surprise of the dish, in addition to the beef slice, is the vegetables at the bottom. They can absorb enough flavor form the broth, even though they are not boiled in the broth directly. Popular options about bottom vegetables are cabbage, bean sprouts, celery, mushrooms and lettuce head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cut beef steak into thin slices against the grains. Transfer to a bowl, add pinch of salt, white pepper, sugar, light soy sauce and oyster sauce. Mix well until all the sauces are absorbed. Then add 1 egg white and combine well. Then add 2 tablespoons of starch (recommend using sweet potato starch). Mix well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heat 12 to 20 dried chili peppers with 1 tablespoon of Sichuan peppercorn in wok until slightly aromatic.  (place peppers firstly and then Sichuan peppercorn) Move out, cool down and then roughly chop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bring a large pot of water to a boiling and then blanch the celery and mushrooms for minute. Transfer out and place at the bottom of serving bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a wok, add 2 tablespoon of oil, fry doubanjiang and hot pot seasoning if you are using with slow fire until the red turns red, then add ginger, scallion sections, garlic, fry for 1 minute until aromatic too.  Then place 1\/3 of the chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorn we prepared in the first step.  Then pour hot water and let it simmer for 5-8 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add 1 teaspoon of oil in the marinated beef and mix them again to make sure they are evenly coated. Turn up fire and add the pork slices in and cook until the broth begin to boil again. Wait for around 20 to 30 seconds and transfer them out immediately. Pour the sauce until the container is almost full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heat up around 2 tablespoons of cooking oil again in small pot. Evenly pour the oil on the surface of the serving bowl. Be careful during the process; do not get burnt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shui Zhu Beef (Sichuan Boiled Beef)<\/h2>\n\t\t
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Spicy and numbing Sichuan style hot beef slices<\/div>\n\t\t
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