Recently I had the pleasure of working with Thermomix in Australia to release a new Skinnymixers Classics Mini Cookidoo Collection. As part of that collection I developed a new Chinese Five Spice Beef Cheeks recipe to showcase the very cool new TM6 slow cooking function.
If you have a TM6, you can find the guided cooking Chinese Five Spice Beef Cheeks recipe on Cookidoo – it is incredible how melt in your mouth tender these are after only 4hrs, when traditionally you would need to cook Beef Cheeks all day.
I promised the Skinnymixers Community that I would share the slow cooker & pressure cooker version on the website – so everyone can enjoy these delicious Slow Cooked Chinese Five Spice Beef Cheeks.
If you are someone who hasn’t loved Beef Cheeks in the past, I urge you to give these a try. I definitely think they will change your mind on them!
You can find Beef Cheeks in Coles and Woolworths, or ask at your local butcher.
Slow Cooked Chinese Five Spice Beef Cheeks
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- Thermomix or Thermo Cooker
- Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 Fresh red birds eye chillies - trimmed
- 30 g garlic cloves - peeled (approx. 4)
- 30 g fresh ginger - peeled, cut into coins
- 150 g brown onion - peeled, quartered
- 30 g olive oil
- 1 kg beef cheeks - trimmed, cut into quarters
- 80 g soy sauce - tamari or coconut aminos
- 250 g water
- 30 g honey
- 1.5 tsp Chinese Five Spice Powder
- 1 pinch freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 Tbsp cornflour - + 2 Tbsp water, whisked
- 1 bunch Chinese Broccoli or Bok Choy - 300 g
- 1 spring onions - cut into thin slices for garnishing
- 1 long red chilli - cut into thin slices for garnishing
Instructions
- Put chilli, garlic and ginger into mixing bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 9/MC on.
- Add onion and chop 3 sec/speed 5/MC on. Scrape bowl down
- Add oil and cook 5 min/100°C/speed 1/MC off.
- Add soy sauce, water, honey, five spice and pepper to mixer bowl. Blend for 30 sec/speed 3/MC on.
- Add to pressure cooker or slow cooker with beef cheeks. Cook for 1 hour in the pressure cooker or 8 hours on low in the slow cooker. When the beef cheeks are tender, stir through corn flour and green veg. Allow to simmer for 5 mins before serving.