Sichuan Beef Noodle Soup with Pickled Mustard Greens
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Sichuan Beef Noodle Soup with Pickled Mustard Greens a try. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains around 38g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 474 calories. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. A mixture of onions, cubes rock sugar, soy sauce, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the low sodium soy sauce you could follow this main course with the Sweet Potato Chia Seed Pudding with Chocolate Sauce as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.
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Bring large pot of water to boil over highheat.
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Add beef; return water to boil. Reduceheat. Simmer until beef is brown on outside,turning occasionally, about 8 minutes;drain. Rinse beef under cold water untilcool; cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Wipe out pot.
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Heat 1/4 cup oil in same pot over medium-highheat.
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Add ginger and garlic. Sauté 1minute.
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Add chopped onions; sauté untiltranslucent, about 3 minutes.
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Add chili beanpaste; stir 30 seconds.
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Add 16 cups water,whole green onions, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 2tablespoons salt, star anise, and rock sugar.
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Mix in beef. Tie peppercorns in cheesecloth;add to pot. Bring soup to boil. Reduce heatto medium-low. Gently simmer uncovered1 hour, adjusting heat to avoid boiling.
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Add tomatoes to pot. Continue tosimmer soup until beef is very tender, 45 to60 minutes. Adjust seasoning, adding moresoy sauce by tablespoonfuls and more salt,if desired. Season with pepper.
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Meanwhile, cook noodles according topackage directions.
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Drain well.
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Divide noodles among large soupbowls.
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Add some bok choy to each, ifdesired. Ladle soup and meat over.
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Garnishwith chopped green onions and cilantro.
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Serve with Pickled Mustard Greens.
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Pickled Mustard Greens
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Chili bean pasteis a spicy, fermented soybean paste. Staranise—a star-shaped seedpod—is availableat some supermarkets. Chinese yellowrock sugar is made from raw sugar; it isoften used in Chinese sauces and teas.Despite their name, Sichuan peppercornsaren't related to regular peppercorns; themildly hot dried berries, which resemblesplit peppercorns, come from the pricklyash tree. Shandong la mian are Chinesewheat noodles. Look for these ingredientsat specialty foods stores and Asian markets.