Ox tail Soup

Ox Tail Soup Chinese-Hawaiian Style


Ox tail soup is one of my favourite dishes and also one of the most poppular recipes. There are different ways to cook ox tail from one region to another. Ox tail soup is a good remedy for hang over. if you like stew and beef ox tail soup is deffinitely a dish for you.

The ox tail soup is pretty easy to make once you have all the ingredients.My version is Chinese style. The soup is made with anise star seed(Chinese), grated ginger,minced garlic,cilantro,chilli pepper, chinese cellery,soy sacuce or venigared soy sauce, chopped green onions and of course ox tails.

You can buy ox tail at any super markets like Walmarts, Alberson, Coso. The best one you can get is at the Asian market like Chinese or Korean Groceries. Occasionally at your local butcher's.

My recoomendation is cook this soup a night before you want to serve since oxtails take a while to cooked and it tastier if you prepare them in advance. If you guys would like to know where to know where to shop for ox tail you can e-mail me.

Ox tail soup serve with stream rice and grated fresh ginger and soy sauce.

Ingredients for soup:

6-8 pounds ox tails

8 cups of water

2 cups chicken stock/ broth

6-8 cloves of garlic-minced

4-5 star anise seeds

2 ginger roots-finely chopped

10 oz. raw peanuts(skinned)-crushed

1 teaspoon sesame oil

salt to taste

Ingredient for sauce:

1-1/12 teaspoon grated ginger

2-3 table spoons light soy sauce or venigared soy sauce

1 teaspoon finely chopped green onions

1 teaspoon finely chopped cilantro

Cooking Instruction:

Boil ox tails in boiling hot water in order to take out an excess fat.

preheat oven 365 degree

After boiling oxtail put ox tails in a pan or pot(oven proof) Sprinkle with salt, sesame oil, minced garlic,cover and roast for 1 hours and 45 minutes or untill the meat are tender. If you have a little time you can skip this process.

While roasting the ox tails you can start making a broth. Put anise star seed, chicken broth, water, finely chopped ginger and also crushed peanuts in a large pot. Skim oil and foam is neccessary since it will make the soup crytal clear. Add rasted ox tails(or just uncooked) simmering on a low heat for at least 1 and a half hours. Then about 1-2 hours before serving add crushed peanuts and simmer again. Garnish with chopped cilantro and finely chopped green onions when serve.