Traditional Chinese cooking with Lu Rou or Braised Beef Shank
No bento this week, had to relax being that it was a holiday. None the less I still have a entry in my back pocket. This one comes from my Dad. It's called "Lu Rou" , it's a braised beef shank, normally served either as a cold appetizer or if cooked a little longer in a Beef noodle soup. Growing up in a Chinese restaurant there were many restaurant recipes that I learned and many traditional things that my father produced like magic. I'm glad I have a chance to get to catalog these.
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I'm very glad I can start replicating my father's wonderful recipes, I like to think I can carry on the family traditions of a great chef. That said I still need to practice my "feel" for traditional recipes in this case I could have braised the meat a bit longer. Still good, but not as good as dad would have made it :)
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