Chinese Braised Beef Cheeks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 None green onions
1 large orange
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 piece (4 inches) fresh ginger, thickly sliced
1 1/2 cups Chinese cooking wine
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp sesame oil
5 None star anise
2 None cinnamon sticks
8 None beef cheeks (about 5 1/2 lbs)
1 None fresh long red chili pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves

Preparation

Trim green onions. Cut 4 of the onions into 2 1/2 inch lengths. Julienne remaining 2 onions; reserve for garnish. Using a vegetable peeler, remove 3 wide strips of peel from orange.
Combine green onion, orange peel, garlic, ginger, wine, soy sauce, sugar, oil, star anise and cinnamon in a 4.5-quart slow cooker. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add beef, turning to coat in mixture. Cook, covered, on low, for 8 hours.
Serve beef with a little cooking liquid. Sprinkle with chili pepper, reserved green onion and cilantro.