Beef Soup - cooked with Indonesian Oxtail Soup Recipe (Sup Daging bumbu Sop Buntut)

I substituted oxtail with beef and turn out so good.

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : Soul food

What you need :

- 1/2 lb beef, sliced 1x2-inches pieces

- 3 cup water

- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

- 4 cloves shallots, minced

- 2 cloves garlic, minced

- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

- 1/3 teaspoon ground nutmeg

- 1/3 teaspoon ground pepper

- salt

- oil or butter for saute

- 1 big potato, peeled from  the jacket

- 1 cup diced carrot

- 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced

- 2 stalks green onion, thinly sliced

Garnish ingredients :

- tomato,  sliced 1-inches pieces

- lemon lime juice

- crackers or potato chips

- fried shallots (available at Asian Store)

- Thai chili, crushed - if you desire

Make it :

1. In a pot, bring water to a boil. Add beef and ginger, let it cook until beef is tender.

2. Add carrot, cook for 2 minutes then add potatoes, green onion and celery, cook for 3 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, in a wok saute garlic and shallots with butter for 2 minutes, then pour into mixed soup. Add cloves, pepper and nutmeg. Bring to simmer for 5 minutes.

4. Adjust taste with salt. Let simmer for 2 minutes.

5. Remove into prepared dish and add garnish ingredients. Serve hot.

Preparation : 5 minutes

Cooking : 30 minutes

Servings : 2-3 persons