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.
Equipment
- 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.