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Slow Cooker Chinese-style Beef Tendon

How to cook beef tendon

It’s prized in Asian cuisines for its soft, sticky, slimy, chewy texture that mimics the mouthfeel of fatty beef cuts after long hours of cooking. But beef tendon is low in fat. It is, however, rich in collagen. Outside Asia, it burst into popularity during the peak of the keto diet fad. What exactly is …

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Connie Veneracion

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

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Lemongrass pandan chicken and rice
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Crispy pork belly in coconut cream sauce
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Chinese braised pork hock
Sticky Sichuan pork
Sticky Sichuan pork
Salt and pepper pork chops (Cantonese-style)
Salt and pepper pork chops (Cantonese-style)
Poached chicken Hainanese-style
Poached chicken Hainanese-style
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