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Slow-braised soy & five-spice beef
Photo: Lily Banse

Slow-braised soy & five-spice beef

13 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Slow-braised soy & five-spice beef

This light Chinese-style one pot uses Asian spices for loads of flavour but no added calories

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

604
Calories
35g
Protein
16g
Fat
73g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Chestnut 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

  • 500g lean braising beef , trimmed of all fat and cut into chunks
  • 250g chestnut mushrooms , halved
  • 4 shallots , finely sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves , sliced
  • a chunk ginger , grated
  • 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
  • 2 tsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp rice wine
  • 100ml beef stock
  • 1 red chilli , sliced to serve
  • 4 spring onions , sliced to serve
  • basmati rice or winter greens, to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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