Ingredients:
- * 3-pound pot roast or beef shins
- * 3 cups water
- * 1/3-cup soy sauce
- * ¼ cup vermouth, sherry or rice wine
- * 1 ½ tablespoon 5 spice powder
- * 4 superstar anise
- * 1 tablespoons garlic, minced
- * 3-5 scallion stalks, roughly chopped
- * Salt and Sichuan peppercorns, to taste