This recipe came from my friend Penny when we lived in Virginia. The recipe was one her mom had passed along from a Chinese cooking class she had taken in DC in the early '80s. The recipe calls for star anise and Chinese 5 Spice, which until this recipe, I had never heard of, seen, or cooked with. Now, I find I use them both (especially the 5 spice) on a regular basis.
Braised Anise Beef
4 lb (or whatever they have at the store) chuck roast, fresh or frozen
2 Tbsp. Sugar
1/4 cup soy sauce
large pinch of 5 Spice (found in the Asian section of the supermarket)
1 heaping tsp. minced garlic (from jar)
2 Cloves Star Anise (cannot substitute regular anise)
1/4 cup water
Put chuck roast in a large crock pot. Whisk together remaining ingredients
and pour over roast. Cover and set crock pot to high. Cook for
approximately 5 - 7 hours). Remove meat and shred. Remove star anise from
crock pot and put meat back in. Serve on hard, crusty rolls with a green salad.
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