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Beef Noodle Soup

Name: Beef Noodle Soup
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: 600g Beef Shank; 300g Chinese Noodles; 2 Tomato; 4 cloves Garlic; 20g Ginger; 2 Star Anise; 1 tbsp Doubanjiang; 4 tbsp Soy Sauce; 1 stalk Green Onion (Long); 1 tsp Salt

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⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

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Beef shank slow-simmered in a star-anise-and-chili broth, ladled over noodles — Taiwan's signature noodle dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

A Taipei specialty so tied to national identity that an annual beef noodle festival celebrates it. It comes in two styles — clear (qingdun) and red-braised (hongshao) — with restaurants spending hours perfecting their own broth.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Served with pickled greens and chili oil, the signature dish of noodle shops across the island.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef Shank 600g
Chinese Noodles 300g
Tomato 2
Garlic 4 cloves
Ginger 20g
Star Anise 2
Doubanjiang 1 tbsp
Soy Sauce 4 tbsp
Green Onion (Long) 1 stalk
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef shank into large pieces and blanch briefly in boiling water to remove impurities.
Crush the garlic and ginger; cut the tomato into wedges.
Heat oil in a pot and fry the doubanjiang, garlic, and ginger until fragrant.
Add the beef and tomato and stir-fry together, then add 1.2L water, star anise, and soy sauce.
Once boiling, skim off any scum, cover, and simmer over low heat for about 1.5 hours until the meat is tender.
Season with salt, serve over boiled noodles, and scatter green onion on top to finish.

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