Description
Boasting immense popularity alongside lamb skewers among youth at BBQs (Shao Kao) across China. The thick back tendon of beef (Ban Jin) is pre-boiled in a pressure cooker until chewable, sliced paper-thin, charcoal-grilled, and dusted with cumin and chili. Offers an endless, chewing-gum-like elasticity and umami.
Restaurants serving Kao Niu Ban Jin (Grilled Spiced Beef Tendon)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Beef back tendon(Ban Jin)
- Cumin powder
- Chili powder
- White sesame
- Salt
- Beef fat(for brushing)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- (Pre-boiling is Everything) Raw beef tendon (Ban Jin) is unchewable like a rubber tire. Boil in a pressure cooker with scallion, ginger, wine, and star anise for 1-
- hours until a 'perfect, just-chewable elasticity' remains.
- (Slicing/Skewering) Chill to firm up, then slice paper-thin (2-3mm) into rectangles.
- Thread them onto metal skewers in a wavy, sewing pattern.
- (Grilling) Place over high charcoal heat.
- Because tendon has no fat, brush heavily with 'beef fat (or lamb/veg oil)' while grilling until a roasted char forms.
- [Spices]: As the surface crackles, heavily and vigorously rub in massive amounts of cumin powder, chili powder, salt, and white sesame.
- Serve the second the spices char and detonate their aroma.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Endless chewing elasticity and cumin aroma、クミンの香り
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Pre-boil JP beef tendon/Achilles and grill on a grate)
Pairing
Cold Beer(Absolutely mandatory)
Trivia
[Trivia] Uses the back tendon, yielding very little per cow. When Chinese youth gather at night markets, ordering dozens of lamb skewers and 'Ban Jin' is standard. Chewing for hours while talking and drinking beer is the ultimate scenery of youth.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Pull it off with your teeth and chew relentlessly. It is so elastic you won't know when to swallow, but the more you chew, the more the spice heat and intense tendon umami bleed out. Its speed at forcing beer consumption is top-tier across all menus.
Allergen
Beef, Sesame