RECIPE - Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
A splendid Tuesday to all of you guys! It’s a bed-weather kind of mood we are having these past few days so I decided to recoup with nothing else than a steaming bowl of warmth and comfort. Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup has always been one of the most popular dishes from Taiwan and I remember quite vividly the rich flavours exploding in my mouth as I took my first bite of the beef shank and sip of this iconic bowl when I visited this island country in November 2019. From that unforgettable experience, I’ve created my own version of this distinct Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup that I’ve come to love so much. I hope you guys do too!
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Now onto the star of the night— I’d love to start with the beef broth, which I believe is the soul of this well-loved dish. I simmered the meat low and slow to develop that rich, deep taste of a perfectly excellent broth. It took 1.5 hours to simmer the meat, which is just the right amount of time to create the broth and also produce the pleasant chewy but tender texture to the meat. The beef broth is combined with a handful of spices and aromatics to achieve that sweet-salty-spicy-salty flavour profile just ready to burst in your mouth. Oh my, I’m drooling already just typing this! Anyhoo, this comforting noodle soup bowl is then assembled with beef, noodles, tomatoes, and greens of your choice.
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HOW TO MAKE
INGREDIENTS
SPICE PACK
3 pcs. star anise
2 bay leaves
1.5 tbsp black peppercorn
3/4 ground tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cumin, coriander and fennel
FOR THE SOUP
3 lb beef shank, sliced into smaller, 2 inch thick cuts
3-4 Thai chilis
3 tbsp Doubanjiang (Chili Bean Paste)
12-15 cloves garlic, roughly minced
3 Roma tomatoes, quartered
1 whole onion, sliced
4 large ginger slices
4 green onion stalks, cut in 3 inch lengths
3/4 cup regular soy sauce
1 cup dark soy sauce
3/4 cup Chinese cooking wine
1.5 pcs rock sugar
1 tsp salt
4L water
PROCEDURE
1. In a large dutch oven pot, in medium high heat, sauté beef until browned, around 3-4 minutes. Once seared on the outside, set beef aside. Remove any excess liquid in the pot.
2. Using the same pot, add a bit more cooking oil. Sauté onions, ginger and green onions for until aromatic, around 3 minutes. Add ginger, Thai chilis and rock sugar to the pot and continue to sauté for another 3 minutes. Place beef back into the pot and add tomatoes. Mix ingredients together until incorporated well.
3. Add Doubanjiang and quickly mix ingredients. Next, add regular & dark soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine to the pot and mix the ingredients until fully incorporated. Lastly, add water and place the spice rack inside the pot and cover with a lid. Make sure that the ingredients are covered by the liquid. Turn heat to medium and simmer for about 1.5 - 2 hours, checking every 30 minutes to check on the liquid level & the doneness of the meat. If the broth is quickly evaporating, add water in 1 cup increments, while tasting the broth to ensure that it is still flavorful to your taste. At the end, add 1 tsp of salt.
4. In terms of the beef doneness, I recommend the beef to be tender, yet still has some chew to it. Some people prefer melt in your mouth doneness.
5. Once beef is tender and soup is flavorful to your taste, assemble noodle soup together. Cook noodles according to package instructions and place in bowl. Blanch vegetables and place it on top of the noodles and add meat. Top bowl with pickled mustard leaves and chopped green onions. Ladle hot soup over bowl and enjoy.
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