Taiwanese Beef Noodles with Smoked Beef
The national dish of Taiwan earns its reputation as one of the best Asian soup dishes in the world, and this version using smoked short ribs or brisket is one of our favorites.
Equipment
- Dutch oven or stock pot
Ingredients
- 4 cups Water
- 4 cups Flavored beef broth or bone broth
- 1.5 Onions quartered
- 4 Whole Star Anise
- 1 Tablespoon Sichuan Peppercorns
- 4 Garlic Cloves Sliced
- 1 teaspoon Rock sugar substitute turbinado sugar
- 4 Red Chilies Birds eye or Thai chiles
- ¼ cup Light Soy Sauce
- ¼ cup Rice Wine or Chinese Cooking Wine substitute dry sherry
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 Tomato Quartered
- 8 slices Ginger Fresh or sushi style pickled
- 3 Green onions Divided, sliced on the bias
- 4 Baby bok choy halved
- Wheat noodles such as Taiwanese long life noodles
Instructions
- Heat about 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat. Add the quartered onions and sliced garlic to the Dutch oven and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Add in the quartered tomato and cook for 1 minute.
- Add in the water, beef broth, spices and seasonings, ginger, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, bay leaves, 2 of the sliced green onions, and chilis. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
- Cover the Dutch oven and simmer for 2 hours, stirring about every hour.
- Strain all of the solids from the broth and return the broth to the Dutch oven.
- Add in the smoked beef and simmer for 1-2 more hours, or until the meat is tender.
- Cook noodles per instructions. Boil bok choy for about 5 minutes. Serve soup with bok choy and noodles.
Nutrition
Calories: 73kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 5gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 1150mgPotassium: 363mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 530IUVitamin C: 50mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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