braised beef and potato omelette

i intend to empty my freezer to replenish with fresh new ones. this beef cut (i don't know what kind of cut...basta it has litid) has been sitting in the freezer for a few days na...natira from the beef sinigang that i cooked a few days back. i wanted to experiment and try new taste and new kind of dish. our beef regular recipes consist of...well.. beef sinigang, beef kaldereta, beef steak pinoy style or bistek...roast beef with young corn or roast beef with mushroom sauce and mashed potato. minsan nakakasawa na. anyway, so off to the kitchen with braised beef in my mind. not sure of what ingredients to use, i decided to boil the beef first in about 2-3 cups of water over very low heat. then i tried to recall the taste of braised beef in chowking, that being my husbands (one of his) favorite meal to order there.

what i used

• more than half kilo of beef cube (i don't know what cut was it)
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 thumb size ginger
• 1 pc onion
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2-3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 pc star anise
• 2 cups beef stock
• half beff cubes
• few drops of sesame oil
• a pinch of toasted sesame seeds

how i did it

1. boiled the beef and simmered over low heat
2. saute garlic, ginger and onion
3. add the soy sauce, then the sugar
4. add the boiled beef cut
5. mix and simmer for a few minutes
6. add the star anise
7. then pour the beef stock
8. let boil then simmer over low heat
9. add the beef cube, adjust taste
10. when beef is (very) fork tender, add the sesame oil
11. upon serving, add the toasted sesame seeds on top
    

come dinner time...i waited for my husband's reaction...hah! buti na lang...MORE DELICIOUS THAN CHOWKING DAW! yahoo! success! i'm sure this will be added in my beef recipes.

also, we bought 1 tray of eggs yesterday. unfortunately, there were 2 eggs that cracked on our way home. not wanting to let it go to waste, i made a potato and onion omelette. it turned delicious. you see i'm not good at putting salt into a beaten egg, it either turns out salty or matabang. but this was was just the right taste!