Cooking Videos — 2026-06-26#

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If you’re craving ultimate comfort food, you absolutely must watch today’s masterclass on Northeastern Chinese braised beef brisket. It is a hearty, deeply savory dish that features brilliant preparation techniques to create a naturally rich and glossy stew without relying on a cornstarch slurry.

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Recipes & Tutorials#

The channel 老东北美食 delivers an incredibly appetizing tutorial on Carrot and Potato Braised Beef Brisket in 下飯神菜土豆燜牛肉！這個燉牛肉配方一定要試試！拌米飯香到甜盤. The recipe builds complex flavor by frying aromatics and Pi’xian bean paste, pressure cooking the beef with soy sauce and yellow wine for 30 minutes, and then simmering the meat with pan-fried potatoes and roll-cut carrots. The final 20-minute stewing process yields vegetables so incredibly tender they can be easily mashed with a spoon, making it the perfect, savory companion for a bowl of steamed rice or buns.

Food Science & Tips#

This video offers a fantastic textural tip for home cooks: instead of neatly slicing your potatoes, use your knife to snap or break them into chunks. This creates rough, jagged edges that slowly melt down during the stewing process, acting as a natural starch slurry that beautifully thickens the sauce so it clings perfectly to every bite. Furthermore, the chef explains that frying the Pi’xian bean paste alongside spices like star anise and angelica root is a crucial technique for neutralizing any unwanted gamey odors from the beef.