Beef Noodle Soup

It's one of our favourite dishes to eat when we go out. There's just something so satisfying about having meat that melts in your mouth with some perfectly chewy noodles.


Ingredients

  • 1kg beef chuck
  • 4-5 spring onion
  • 1 leek
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp black bean and garlic paste
  • 2 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp five spice
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • Noodles

Method

  1. Cut your beef chuck into 1 inch cubes
  2. Blanch for around 10 minutes or until you see foam forming at the top
  3. Skim foam before rinsing remaining foam from the meat
  4. Clean foam residue from pot
  5. Heat the pot before putting in the oil and sugar to make caramel
  6. Add your beef to the pot to sear
  7. Chop most of the spring onions into 1 inch pieces and add these to the pot.
  8. Add the soy sauce, black bean and garlic paste, garlic powder, five spice and ginger to the pot. Stir well to combine
  9. Add water until all ingredients are submerged
  10. Boil for at least 45 mins (but the longer, the better)
  11. Finely chop the leek and add to the pot. Boil this for another 5 minutes
  12. Finely chop the remaining spring onion to garnish
  13. Serve up with some freshly cooked noodles of your choice