Ox Tail Soup 牛尾汤

Ingredients

• 1 ox tail, 600-800g  一副牛尾，600-800克左右
• 2 potatoes 2个土豆
• 2 carrot 2条胡萝卜
• 1 tomato 1个番茄
• 5 slices ginger 5片生姜
• 3 tablespoon rice wine 3汤匙料酒
• 2 teaspoons salt 2茶匙盐

How to Cook

1. Bring a stockpot of water to the boil. Add 2 slices of ginger and 1 tablespoon of rice wine, add ox tail and boil for 5 minutes. Strain and set aside.  用汤锅烧开半锅水，放入两片姜和一汤匙料酒。放入牛尾煮5分钟左右，撂出洗净放置一边。
2. Place ox tail with 10 cups water back into the pot, add rest of ginger and spring onion, bring to boil, add 2 tablespoon rice wine. Reduce heat, simmer for 1.5 hours. During this time, skim any fat. 重新起个汤锅，放入10杯水，放入牛尾与葱姜，加热至水开，加料酒。转为小火墩一个半小时。在此期间，可以将表面浮油捞出。
3. Peel off the skin of potato and cut into cubes, slice carrots and cut tomato . 土豆去皮，切块，胡萝卜切片，番茄切四块备用
4. Put potato, carrots and tomato into the soup, bring to the boil then reduce heat, simmer for 30-40 minutes. Add salt to your own taste. 将土豆胡萝卜和番茄放入锅中，开大火烧开之后，转小火继续镦30-40分钟