【Name of the cuisine】: Beef stew with potatoes.
[Prepare raw materials]: 300g of beef, two potatoes, one tomato, one carrot, one onion, a little green onion, ginger and garlic, a few dried chilies, two spoons of Pixian bean paste, three star anise, two cinnamon, six bay leaves, 30 peppercorns.
[Preparation of auxiliary ingredients]: oyster sauce, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, chicken essence can be.
Step 1: First, peel the prepared potatoes and carrots and cut them into cubes; Clean the beef, cut into cubes and set aside; Cut the onion and tomato into cubes and set aside.
Step 2: Prepare 400ml of water in a pot, add cut beef, four slices of ginger, two spoons of cooking wine, stir a few times, boil for six minutes on high heat, remove the cold water, and dry for later use.
Step 3: Prepare a casserole or stew pot, add a little oil to preheat it to 50% heat, then add the prepared star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and Sichuan pepper to stir-fry until fragrant, and then add the prepared bean paste and stir-fry for one minute.
Step 4: After that, pour in the processed potato cubes, tomato cubes, carrot cubes, onion cubes, and stir-fry for 3 minutes until the tomatoes are juiced.
Step 5: After that, add the cooked beef, four slices of ginger, six cloves of garlic, three green onions, two spoons of cooking wine, two spoons of oyster sauce, a spoonful of light soy sauce, a spoonful of dark soy sauce, a little dried chili, and 1.5 cm of water over the ingredients, stir a few times and boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for an hour and a half.