* Exported from MasterCook *

VIETNAMESE AROMATIC AND SPICY BEEF STEW

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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : 5-10G Low Carb Meat Beef Stews Casseroles


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 Onions -- med
yellow bean sauce 6 tbsp
2 Garlic clove
1 tsp Chili powder
6 lg Shallots -- or Pickling Onions
2 lg Star Anise -- whole
1 stick cinnamon
1 tsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp peppercorns
1/4 cup Vegetable oil
2 tbsp splenda
3 lb stew meat -- 1.5k beef-1" cubes

Peel and finely chop onions and garlic. Peel shallots and leave them whole. Cut cinnamon into 2"-50mm sections . Crush each section. Put 3 tablespoons of oil intpo a non-stick frying pan and set on a medium- high heat. When it is hot, add the onions, garlic and shallots and fry for 2 mins. Add the cinnemon, but not the lemon rind if you are using it as a substitute. Continue to fry until onions are lightly browned. Turn off the heat and remove the shallots from the pan and put them aside. Put the remaining 4 tablespoons of oil in a large, preferably non-stick pan and set over a high heat. when hot, add enough beef cubes to form a
single layer in the pan. Brown the cubes and remove, replacing with more beef until they are all brown. Rturn all browned beef to pan and add 1.75 pints water as well as the onion, garlic and lemon grass mixture. Add yellow bean sauce, chilli powder, star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns and splenda. Bring to the boil then cover, lowering the heat and simmering gently for 1.25 hours. Add the reserved shallots and the lemon rind (if you are using it), cover again and simmer for 15 mins. Remove the lid, raise the heat to medium and cook for a further 15-20 mins or until the sauce has thickened a little and the meat is tender. Spoon the fat of the top before serving

Cuisine:
"Vietnamese"




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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 807 Calories; 56g Fat (63.6% calories from fat); 64g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 227mg Cholesterol; 673mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 9 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 5 1/2 Fat.

NOTES : The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore
e-mail Tony@carb-lite.au.com
web site www.carb-lite.au.com
Over 5,000 Low Carb, LC Diabetic, LC Kosher Recipe


Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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