Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Taken from a few online sources, this recipe is flavored by a homemade spice bag made from whole spices.
Ingredients
Ingredients for the spice bag
- 1 cheesecloth or loose leaf tea sachet cooking twine to tie shut
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- ½ tsp coriander seeds
- ½ tsp Szechuan peppercorn
- ½ tsp black peppercorn
- 1/8 tsp white peppercorn
- ½ star anise
- ¼ cinnamon stick
- ½ bay leaf
Ingredients for the beef and broth
- 1 tsp peanut oil
- ⅓ inch ginger finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic finely diced
- 2 green onions, white and green parts separated diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 tomato cut into 1 inch pieces
- ¾ tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp Chinese chili bean paste
- ½ tbsp soy sauce
- ¾ tbsp rice wine
- ½ lbs beef stank cut into 1 inch cubes
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
Ingredients for Noodles and Garnish
- 1 package of wheat or glass noodles
- 1 green vegetable of your choice I like baby bok choy or broccoli
- 1 green onions, tops only, sliced for garnish
- or crushed peanuts for garnish
Instructions
- Make your spice bag by gently bruising the whole spices with a mortal and pestle. Place the spices in the sachet or cheesecloth and tie shut with cooking twin.
- Prep and dice your ingredients (onions, green onions, ginger, garlic, and tomato)
- Clean and trim unwanted fat away from the beef
- In a large pot heat up the oil on medium heat and add the onion and fry till transparent. Add the ginger, garlic, and white parts of the green onions and cook for 1 minute. Add the meat, cook untill browned and then remove from pot to set aside.
- In the same pot, add the brown sugar, Chinese Chili bean paste, soy sauce, rice wine, and tomatoes. Cook until the tomatoes are soft, add back the meat, 3 cups of water and toss in your spice bag.
- Turn the heat to high, boil for 30 minutes and then turn heat down to low. Let this simmer for 2 hours or until the meat is tender. Add salt to taste.
- While this is simmering, bring another pot of water to a boil and add in the noodles, along with the vegetable(s) and cook according to the package directions. Drain and assemble! Place the noodles and veggies in bowls, top with the soup and your choice of garnish, whether its green onions or crushed peanuts.
- Sit back and enjoy!