Boiled Beef Knee Cartilage
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- Total time
- 210 min
- Level
- Hard
- Servings
- 3 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Knee cartilage and tendon should come out chewy and springy.
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Cooked too long, they slump and start to melt. Slices about 0.7cm thick sit on blanched garlic chives with a ladle of warm broth poured around them, so it eats like a moist meat platter rather than a soup.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Soak the cartilage and tendons in cold water for 3 hours to drain blood, replacing with fresh water every hour.
- 2
Boil the cartilage and tendons in boiling water for 10 minutes to remove impurities, then scrub and wash in cold water.
- 3
In a large pot, combine the parboiled beef meat, green onions, garlic, ginger, peppercorns, and 3.5L of water.
Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium-low heat for 2.5 hours.
- 4
Once the cartilage and tendons are chewy and tender, remove from the pot, let cool slightly, and slice into 0.7cm thick pieces.
- 5
Spread blanched chives on a plate, arrange the sliced cartilage on top, and pour a small amount of warm broth over it.
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