Cookery

This past weekend, my mom handed down the recipe for her beef stew. I've decided to post it here, because Google has the entire internet saved.

Like any home cook, she uses no measurements, just experience and feel. But you can easily season this one to taste.

Ingredients:
Beef Shank (Per my mom, it MUST, MUST, MUST be shank)
Soy Sauce
Garlic
Carrots
Vodka (Pure and straight, none of that flavored crap!)
Sugar
Green Onion
Black Pepper

Steps:
1. Cut beef into cubes and add to pot
2. Fill pot with 60/40 Soy Sauce/Water (more water if you want less salty). You want enough liquid to cover all the meat, plus around 2 inches over. Start heating.
3. For each pound of meat, add 2~3 cloves of crushed garlic
4. For each pound of meat, add the WHITE root portion of around 5~6 stalks of green onion, chopped
5. Add sugar to taste (usually a spoon for each pound of meat)
6. Add black pepper to taste
7. Add enough vodka to form a 1/4 inch layer over the existing liquid (obviously, it won't stay layered, but you know what I mean)
8. Bring to boil, then let simmer until meat is tender (around 30 minutes per pound, although it varies depending on your stove)
9. While simmering, cut carrots diagonal and add to stew. Carrots soften pretty quickly, so no need to add until later in the process

Optional: you can add potatoes, onions, or green peppers around the same time you add the beef, or cauliflower at the same time you add the carrots.