Stew beef with beer

My husband loves beef and beer.  I bought a piece of high quality beef skirt from Tesco this morning.  I cooked this dish for our dinner. The beef skirt is juiciness and tenderness.

Stew beef with beer

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 1-1.5 hour(s)

Serve: 2 persons

Ingredients:

Ø  320g quality Beef skirt/stewing steak (cut into 2-2.5 cm pieces)

Ø  1 onion (150g, chopped in slices)

Ø  2 potatoes (250g, peeled and cut in cubes)

Ø  2 carrots (220g, peeled and cut in cubes)

Ø  2 garlic cloves (peeled and cut in slices)

Ø  ½ tsp black pepper

Ø  1 cup beer

Ø  25g rock sugar

Ø  1 beef stock cube (crumbled)

Ø  1 bay leaf

Ø  1 tbsp brown sauce

Ø  1 tsp soy sauce

Ø  1 tsp dark soy sauce

Ø  1 tsp vegetable oil

Ø  20g margarine or butter

Ø  2 tbsp corn flour (mix with 1tbsp water)

Ø  1.5 cup water

Ø  1 tsp dried thyme

Method:

1.	Season the meat generously with thyme, soy sauce and black pepper.
2.	Add vegetable oil in a pan over a medium heat and add garlic.
3.	Place the meat in batches in the pan and fry each side for 30 seconds.  Set aside.
4.	Add margarine or butter into the casserole over a low heat.  Add the bay leaf, onions, potatoes and carrots inside the casserole.
5.	Then toss the beef and garlic back into the casserole.
6.	Add the rock sugar, brown sauce and dark soy sauce.
7.	Pour the beer, beef stock and water over the meat. Stir well and then cover with a lid and braise over a low heat for one hour until the beef soft.
8.	Add corn flour sauce into the casserole.  Stir and mix them well.  Put it inside the casserole; stir thoroughly until the sauce is thickened.
9.	Serve with spaghetti or rice.

Tips C: Sometimes this takes 1 hour, sometimes 1.5 hours.  It depends on what cut of meat you use and how fresh it is. The only way to test is to mash up a piece of meat.  If it falls apart easily, it is ready.