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Asian-flavoured beef shin with papaya salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Asian-flavoured beef shin with papaya salad

26 ingredients 1 hr Serves 6-8 openrecipes

An inexpensive cut of beef becomes meltingly tender with nearly five hours of cooking in a sweet and savoury sauce.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

733
Calories
41g
Protein
32g
Fat
80g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Pomegranate 1/2 cup seeds (87g) 72
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Miso 1 tbsp (18g) 34
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Kaffir Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Papaya not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3kg/6lb 8oz beef shin
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 600g/1lb 5oz chopped white onionsonions
  • 1 piece root ginger
  • ½ red chilli
  • 20g/¾oz miso
  • ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 20g/¾oz clear honey
  • 20g/¾oz sweet soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp mirin
  • 3 kaffir lime leaves
  • , to serve fresh coriander
  • 1 snub nose red chilli
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 limes
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tsp palm sugar
  • 150g/5½oz papaya
  • 150g/5½ cucumber
  • 3 spring onions
  • 1 handful coriander
  • 1 handful mintmintmint
  • 40g/1¼oz pomegranate
  • 60g/2¼oz peanuts

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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