4.5 lbs Oxtails trimmed of fat
1 large onion (thinly sliced)
8 large cloves of garlic
8 whole pieces of Star Anise
6 slices of fresh ginger (1/4 inch thick)
1/2 cups soy sauce
3 tablespoons of cane sugar
1 tablespoon of Hoi Sin Sauce (oyster sauce)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Homemade Chicken Broth
1. In a medium sized pot, place the entire package of chicken feet with water and bring to a boil.
Oxtails
2. In a large crock pot, arrange the oxtails in a single layer as much as possible.
3. Add onion, garlic, star anise and ginger to the crock pot.
4. In a separate bowl, combine soy sauce, cane sugar and oyster sauce. Add mixture to the crock pot.
5. Add in the 2 cups of chicken broth to the crock pot or until the oxtails are completely immersed.
6. Turn on the crock pot on high heat and leave to slow cook for 5 hours or until oxtails are tender.
... 5 hours later ...
7. Let cool uncovered until cold.
8. Place in fridge with cover overnight or at least 1 day to separate the fat to the surface.
Day 2
9. Spoon off and discard the fat sitting at the surface from the sauce.
10. Reheat the oxtails on the stove over low heat and transfer them to a large plate or bowl.
11. Take some of the sauce and bring to a boil, add in noodles of choice (spinach noodles in photo).
12. Add in cauliflower or Bok Choy if available to the noodles, cook lightly or until slightly soft.
13. Add vegetables, noodles to the Oxtail with the broth.
14. Serve and enjoy!
Servings: 2-3 Small servings after an amazing sunset surf session.
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| July 1, 2015 - Company Breakfast Sueño Del Mar, Langosta, CR |
1 year. It took me just a little over one year living in Costa Rica to finally start missing certain flavors from home - mostly flavors I was raised on ... mom's cooking. But it took meeting the first of my own kind, this Canadian chick from the west coast who reminds me so much of my family and especially one aunt back in home particular - Auntie Joyce. She's the first CBC I have met who lives here and also the one who inspired me to start making various foods from our culture all over again. Since dim sum and even the simplest of foods like pho is so hard to find down here, the only solution is to do it ourselves, everything from scratch.
In the short time that we have met, we have had so many exciting discussions - many of which clearly involved ... food from our culture. Fun times included going out to supermarkets and small shops to find Asian ingredients or to come up with substitute for things we easily take for granted in Canada and so hard to find here - if it even exists. Thanks Donna for randomly walking down the beach with that cute little Pacho puppy of yours - in less than a week, we met, we work together and now ... we can even get fat together ... or ... at least get our office fat from being our guinea pigs :)
In the short time that we have met, we have had so many exciting discussions - many of which clearly involved ... food from our culture. Fun times included going out to supermarkets and small shops to find Asian ingredients or to come up with substitute for things we easily take for granted in Canada and so hard to find here - if it even exists. Thanks Donna for randomly walking down the beach with that cute little Pacho puppy of yours - in less than a week, we met, we work together and now ... we can even get fat together ... or ... at least get our office fat from being our guinea pigs :)
"Better on your hips than ours!"
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