Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Ingredients

Blanching

2 beef shanks

2 beef tendon

2 green onion (quartered)

2 inch knobs of ginger (sliced)

1/4 cup Shaoxing wine

Water

Spices

4 star anise

2 black cardamom pods

1 cinnamon stick

3 cloves

2 bay leaves

3 dried red chillies

1/2 tbsp fennel seeds

1/2 tbsp Sichuan peppercorns

1/2 tbsp coriander seeds

Soup Base

3 tbsp neutral oil

1 onion (sliced)

2 green onion (quartered)

8 cloves garlic (smashed)

2 inch knobs of ginger (sliced)

3 tbsp spicy broad bean paste (doubanjiang)

4 tomatoes (chopped)

1/2 cup Shaoxing wine

6 tbsp light soy sauce

4 tbsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp rock sugar

1/2 tsp Chinese 5 spice

1/2 tsp white pepper

Soup

1/2 Apple (diced)

10 cups beef broth

Salt to taste

Msg to taste

Directions

Thin/thick fresh noodles

Scallions

Cilantro

Pickled mustard greens