Easiest Way to Make Perfect Chinese Beef Noodle Soup
by Blake Hammond
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chinese beef noodle soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chinese Beef Noodle Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chinese Beef Noodle Soup is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chinese beef noodle soup using 33 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Beef Noodle Soup:
Make ready 1 kg Beef bones (optional)
Prepare 2 kg Beef (I used "beef finger meat" but shank and chuck are great)
Take 2 tsp whole coriander seeds
Take 2 tsp whole fennel seeds
Get 1 tsp whole cloves
Prepare 6 pods star anise
Make ready 1 orange peel
Make ready 2 sticks cinnamon
Prepare 2 tsp Szechuan peppercorns
Get 8-10 bay leaves
Make ready 3/4 cup oil
Get 2 onions, sliced
Prepare 12 cloves garlic, smashed
Get 4 red chiles, halved
Make ready 10 scallions, cut into thirds
Get 100 g fresh ginger, sliced
Make ready 130 g Rock Sugar
Prepare 3 tbsp Doubanjiang (bean paste)
Prepare 3 tbsp La Doubanjiang (spicy bean paste)
Prepare 1 cup light soy sauce
Take 1 cup dark soy sauce
Take 1 cup Shaoxing wine (or rice wine)
Get 2 tbsp black vinegar
Get 4 tomatoes, quartered
Get 4 tsp MSG or salt
Take 1-3 tsp Chili Oil for serving (see recipe)
Take Cilantro for serving
Get Scallions for serving
Take 1/2 tsp Black Vinegar for serving
Get 1 tsp Sesame oil for serving
Take 1 tsp soy sauce for serving
Get pinch fresh ground white pepper for serving
Get 1 portion wheat noodles for serving
Instructions to make Chinese Beef Noodle Soup:
(optional) For extra beefy flavour, make beef stock with the bones by boiling them in water with your largest stock pot. After about 5 minutes there will be a lot of scum on top, so use a strainer to skim off the scum every couple of minutes until the stock produces no more foam. It should look a bit green and oily when finished (see pic). Reduce heat to keep it simmering for 1-3 hrs to extract maximum flavour. Alternatively, you can skip this step just use water
While stock is simmering, blanch your beef to remove impurities. In a clean pot, boil just enough water to cover your beef and then add the beef and keep it boiling for 1-2 minutes. Remove the beef, rinse in clean water, cut into eating sized chunks. Discard the scummy water from this step.
Make spice ball by placing coriander, fennel, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, orange peel, Szechuan peppercorns, and bay leaves into a spice ball or spice bag.
In a wok or large pan over medium-high heat, pour in vegetable oil. Once heated, add the onions, garlic, chilis, scallions, ginger, rock sugar, and bean pastes. Cook until the onions start to become translucent.
Add Shaoxing wine, allow some alcohol to cook off, then add soy sauces.
Add the sliced beef, spice ball, and tomatoes. Stir fry for about 10 minutes.
Go back to your beef bone stock and remove all the bones, then strain it into a large bowl to remove all the sediment at bottom of pot.
Combine beef bone stock and beef with braising liquid/spices/vegetables in a large pot. Simmer on low heat for at least 2 hours until flavours combine and meat is tender.
Check occasionally and skim off any scum on the top. When almost finished simmering, taste the broth and season. I usually add 2-4 tsp of MSG at this point.
Remove spice bag, or if you didn't use bag, remove the meat and tomatoes and then strain out the remaining solids. Add meat and tomatoes back to broth.
To serve, put light soy sauce, sesame oil, black vinegar, and ground white pepper in bottom of each bowl. Add broth and noodles, and top with chili oil, thinly sliced scallions, and lots of cilantro.
ENJOY!
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