Description
An affordable, deep daily noodle dish removing the beef topping from Taiwan's famous 'Beef Noodles', competing purely on the noodles and the 'supreme broth' simmered slowly from beef bones, spices, and doubanjiang.
Restaurants serving Beef Broth Noodles (Meatless)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Thick Chinese noodles
- Beef bones(for broth)
- Doubanjiang
- Tomato
- Star anise
- Suan Cai(Mustard greens)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Soul of the Broth] Sauté massive beef bones and tendons with scallions, ginger, and massive garlic until browned.
- Add doubanjiang, tianmianjiang, and a spice pouch (Lu Bao) of 'star anise, Sichuan pepper, cassia, cumin' to release aroma.
- Pour soy sauce, wine, tomatoes (acidity/umami), and massive water. Simmer slowly on low for half a day to a full day, completing a bright red (or dark brown) 'Hongshao broth' where beef umami is dissolved to the limit (remove the beef blocks from this).
- Boil thick white Chinese noodles (Jiachang Mian or sliced noodles). Blanch bok choy (greens) with them.
- Plate noodles and greens, pour the hot Hongshao beef broth to the brim.
- Top with chopped scallions and stir-fried mustard greens (Suan Cai) (absolutely no meat topping).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Star anise、Sichuan pepper、and Doubanjiang aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Store-bought beef noodle soup base, Udon
Pairing
Boiled dumplings or Luwei(Braised side bowls)
Trivia
[For Everyone] Ordering 'Tang Mian' at Taiwanese beef noodle shops gets you this meatless soup noodle (meat version is 'Beef Noodle'). Almost half the price (~60-80 NTD) due to no meat, making it an overwhelmingly ordered daily taste for students or locals purely wanting 'beef soup and noodles'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Since there's no meat, mountain-heap the tabletop 'Suan Cai (stir-fried mustard greens)', add homemade chili oil (beef tallow chili oil), and drink the umami broth to the last drop!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy, Beef (from broth)