Vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
3 pounds combined beef shank and oxtail pieces
2 onions, quartered
2 ribs celery, halved
2 carrots, halved
3 cloves garlic
1 bunch parsley
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 quarts water

Cooking Recipe:

Place pressure cooker over high heat. Oil and salt the oxtail and shank pieces then sear in batches. Add remaining ingredients and cover with water, being careful not to fill above the cookers "maximum fill" line. (If your pressure cooker does not have a water line, fill the pot 2/3 full). Bring to a boil and skim off any foam that gathers at the surface. Cover and lock lid. Once pressure builds up inside the cooker, reduce the heat so that you barely hear hissing from the pot. Cook for 50 minutes.

Release pressure using your cookers release device (read that manual) or cool the cooker by running cold water over the lid for 5 minutes. Carefully opening the lid and strain squeezing the solids before feeding to the compost pile, or the dogs. Strain through a fine sieve or several layers of cheesecloth. Season and serve or use as a base for other soup recipes.

Ingredients:

1 1/4 pound flank steak or reserved cooked flank steak from broiled flank steak recipe *see cooks note
Coarse salt
Cracked pepper
1/2 cup lime juice divided
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/4 cup fish sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon Vietnamese chili paste
1/2 cup loosely packed, roughly chopped cilantro leaves
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
1 mango, peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch chunks
1 large head butter lettuce, washed and spun dry

Cooking Recipe:

*Cooks Note: if using reserved cooked steak, there is no need to cook it again. Just slice it thinly and use.

Season flank steak with salt and pepper and 1/4 cup lime juice. Heat oil in a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add flank steak and cook to medium rare, turning once, about 6 to 7 minutes per side. Remove to a cutting board and let rest.

In a large, non-reactive salad bowl, whisk together remaining lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, chili paste and cilantro. Add cucumber, mango and lettuce leaves to dressing. Toss until combined. Divide among 5 serving dishes.

Slice flank steak very thin and divide slices among the salads. Place over greens.