7 top side beef Recipes

beef bones with marrow (if you also have some veal bones, add them too), stew meat (optional), olive oil, onion, peeled and quartered, carrot , cut into 2 inch segments, celery tops (handful ) or 1 large celery rib, cut into 1 inch segments, garlic clove, unpeeled and crushed with the side of a knife, fresh parsley, stems and leaves (small handful ), bay leaf, peppercorns

fresh or dry rice noodles, tender cut of steak, thinly sliced in bite-size strips, set aside in refrigerator until use (optional), beef flank, beef meat balls, cut in half or leave whole (optional), ground white pepper, fresh bean sprouts , chinese broccoli long sliced or fresh spinach, short cilantro sprigs, green onions thinly sliced, fried garlic oil - 8 cloves of chopped garlic fried in 1/4 cup of peanut oil for topping, water, star anise or five spices, stalks lemongrass , cut in 2-inch segments and crushed, section fresh or frozen galangal, crushed (or use 6 dried pieces), head garlic cloves, crushed whole for stock, cilantro roots, up tbsp. thick black soy sauce, sea salt, side condiments, sliced hot pepper in vinegar, sugar, hot dried red pepper blended, fish sauce

lean ground beef, onion, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups), garlic, minced, beef broth, chili powder, ground cumin, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, drained, kosher salt, cider vinegar, toppings and sides: grated cheddar , sour cream, minced jalapeno, corn bread

ground beef (use sirloin or top round), carrots, cut in small cubes, potatoes, cut in small cubes, peas, bell peppers, cut in thin strips (red and green bell peppers make the dish look festive), raisins (optional), minced garlic, onion, chopped, tomatoes, chopped, tomato sauce, chopped fresh parsley , to taste, basil, bay leaf, olive oil, light soy sauce, vegetable oil, salt and pepper, eggs , fried sunny-side-up, plantains, each sliced diagonally into 3, fried

keep in mind that you can really vary the ingredients. the only thing to be cautious about is avoiding certain types of vegetables that tend to produce bitter-tasting stock., more onions , quartered. (don tsp bother taking off the skin.) i think yellow onions are nicest for stock, and it s best to have at least 1 yellow, but you can also use a combination including white and red. i use up to about 5 onions., carrots , including their tops (but not the carrot greens), chopped into a few pieces., more leeks (nice but not required), chopped and washed, garlic cloves, in their skin, crushed with the side of a knife blade, celery ribs, coarsely chopped, parsley sprigs, fresh thyme (or dry , if you don tsp have fresh), fresh sage leaves (or some dry, if you haven tsp got fresh), fresh marjoram or oregano sprigs, bay leaves, black peppercorns, sea salt to taste, cold, filtered water, potato, sliced, mushrooms, sliced, more beets (give excellent flavor and color to a vegetarian stock in recipes like french onion soup that often call for beef broth), meat-eaters variation : chicken carcass and other parts (i buy rotisserie chicken, use the meat, and then make stocks from the bones and carcass), avoid adding the following vegetables to stocks, as they tend to make them bitter, broccoli , cabbage, and other cruciferous vegetables, zucchini and other squash