The Chinese Beef Noodle Soup makes the perfect comfort food for any time of the year. The rice noodles, tender beef and aromatic bone broth topped with fresh vegetables is nutritious and very filling.
Home-made beef broth can taste as good as the ones you have outside. Although most restaurants have different varieties of beef broth, you can make one that includes herbs and spices. You have the option to first brown the bones and beef with garlic, fresh ginger and green onions before you boil it. Browning the beef is essential since it lets all that deep, rich flavor to build.
The best type of beef for this recipe is beef shank with bones, knuckle bones, marrow bones or any other meaty bones, you can always add more meat to the soup if you wish. There is no need to buy the cuts that are too expensive, the recipe works well with even a less expensive cuts of meat. It is all about the method, the wonderful thing is the slowly braised soup, which results in a juicy and beautifully tender beef and a rich broth packed with flavor.
To begin, you need to blanch the beef bones in boiling water, next let the beef slow-cook, add a splash of dry sherry, Chinese five spices, star anise, cinnamon stick. Cover and let it simmer for 1 to 2 hours.
Then strain the beef bones out of the broth and set it aside for later use, you can discard the bones and herbs. Use salt and pepper to season the beef broth and that’s it you are done! Now all you have to do is to serve this delicious soup with your favourite noodles and top it with the vegetables of your liking, add slice chillies too for that fiery kick.
If you love braised beef and Asian food in general, then you must try MamaLan’s authentic Chinese food in London. They have this delicious Beef Noodle Soup on their menu, and it is made with the top level of expertise. Along with the flavorful slow cooked Beef, they also have the added flavors of Pak Choi, Coriander, Chilli and Mama’s Chilli oil, (there inhouse Chilli Oil , also available to buy on Amazon).
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