Beef and Vegetable Hot Pot

Made with thinly sliced beef and assorted vegetables simmered in a savory beef broth, this Beef and Vegetable Hot Pot is amazingly delicious! When trying this recipe, you can prepare the marinated beef ahead of time.

Chef John Zhang

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Recipe

PRE TIME: 23 hr 40 min

COOKING TIME: 2 hr 20 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 days 2 hr

4 SERVING

Ingredients:

14 oz| Beef Shank
4 cup Water [Marinade]
1 tsp. Salt [Marinade]
0.5 tbsp. Sicuan Peppercorn [Marinade]
0.25 tsp. Saltpetre [Marinade]
1 tsp. Hard White Liquor [Marinade]
7 oz. Beef Tender
1 lb. Beef Bone
1 lb. Potato, Cut Into Large Chunk Pieces
3 tbsp. Cooking Oil
0.5 tbsp. Sichuan Peppercorn
1 oz. Tomato, Diced
0.25 cup Tomato Paste or Ketchup
1 tbsp. Minced Garlic
0.5 tsp. Chili Pepper Powder [Seasoning 1]
1 tsp. Shaoxing Cooking Wine [Seasoning 1]
4 cup Beef Broth
1 oz. White Button Mushroom, Sliced
1 tsp. Salt [Seasoning 2]
1 tbsp. Soy Sauce [Seasoning 2]
1 tsp. Honey [Seasoning 2]
0.5 tsp. White Pepper Powder [Seasoning 2]
1 oz. Cabbage
1 tsp. Chili Oil or chef-made chili oil (See "Chef john's signature oils" video)

Directions:

Step 1

Poke holes on all sides of beef shank.

Step 2

In a large bowl, combine [Marinade] ingredients, mixing until salt is dissolved.

Step 3

Marinate beef shank in the mixture for 24 hours in the refrigerator.

Step 4

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add in the beef shank, beef tender, and beef-bone. Simmer for 90 minutes. Then take out beef shank and tender. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Save the broth for use later.

Step 5

Cut beef shank crosswise into thin slices. Beef tender into about 2-inch (5-cm) long pieces.

Step 6

In a heated wok with 2 cups of oil, deep fry potato until golden. Drain oil.

Step 7

Return the same wok to the stove, add 2 tbsp cooking oil, peppercorns and another 1 tbsp oil. Cook at a low temperature until fragrant and take out peppercorns from the wok.

Step 8

In the same wok, add tomato and stir fry until tomato is soft. Then, add ketchup, stir and cook for about 1 minute. Stir in minced garlic and [Seasoning 1], and stir to mix well.

Step 9