1. Rinse the beef, dry it with kitchen paper, and cut into large pieces about 1 cm.
2. Boil a pot of water, and put the cut beef slices into the boiling water.
3. Put water, bay leaves, star anise, peppercorns, dark soy sauce, cinnamon, rock sugar, green onion, sliced ginger, cooking wine, salt, 2 tablespoons of chili powder, 2 tablespoons and a half of light soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of chicken powder in the pot, Set aside 2 tablespoons of five-spice powder.
4. Put the boiled beef in the prepared pot. After the high heat is boiled, turn to low heat and cook until it can be easily inserted into the beef with chopsticks.
5. After the beef is cooked, take out the cut strips and let it dry for a while.
6. When the beef strips are drying, start to fry the noodles. Put white sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon of five-spice powder, 1 tablespoon of chicken powder, and 2 tablespoons of chili powder in the pan. Fry them slowly to create a fragrance. Pour out and set aside.
7. Put vegetable oil in the pot, turn on medium heat, add the dried beef strips, and stir-fry slowly until the beef strips are completely dry and all the oil seeps out.
8. The sauce is made during the stir-frying process. Put sugar and 1 tablespoon and a half of light soy sauce in a bowl, and stir until the sugar melts.
9. Stir-fry the beef and pour out the oil in the pan.
10. Turn to low heat, pour the sauce in step 8 and stir-fry evenly, then pour the powder in step 6, and stir-fry evenly to get out of the pan.
11. Delicious presentation.
Tips:1. Don't cook the beef for too long when boiling, the chopsticks can be inserted into the meat without much effort. If the cooking is too bad, it will break easily when cutting into strips;
2. Don't take the beef out immediately after it is cooked in the pot, you can soak it in the pot for a while, it will be more delicious, and at the same time avoid hot hands when cutting it ^O^;
3. The rock sugar, white sugar, and chili powder in the ingredients can be increased or decreased according to personal taste;
4. During the stir-frying process, if you are afraid of sticking the pan, you can put more oil, the oil will ooze out at the end of the stir-frying, don't worry about being greasy, and you won't get too much oil;
5. Be patient when stir-frying, until the beef is completely dry and the meat becomes darker in color. When the meat is first put into the pot, the oil may splash because of the moisture in the meat. You can cover the pot for a while and wait until the moisture in the meat is slowly dried up;
6. The dried beef jerky can be put into a fresh-keeping box after it is allowed to cool, and it can be stored in the refrigerator for one week.
