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Beef Wanton Noodle Recipe

Beef Wanton Noodle is my favorite noodle soup - based dish. It's so flavorful and satisfying. I could say, it is one of my comfort food. The best Beef Wanton Noodle for me is from Wai Ying in Binondo.

Ingredients
  

Beef Wanton Noodle Soup
  • 8 cups Water
  • 1 Head Garlic crushed and chopped
  • 2 bulbs Onion chopped
  • 2 thumb-sized Ginger, chopped 750
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Peppercorn
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground black Pepper
  • 750 grams Beef brisket cubed
  • 1/4 cup Light Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Anisado Wine
  • 1 piece Beef Bouillon Cube
  • 6 pieces Star Anise
  • 3 Tablespoons Dried Shrimp
  • 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
  • 2 Tablesponns Sesame oil
  • Soy Sauce to taste
  • Salt to taste
Wanton or Siu Mai Ingredients
  • 500 grams Ground Beef
  • 250 grams Chrimp cleaned and chopped
  • 8 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1/4 cup Oyster Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground Blackpepper
  • 2 Tablespoons Crab fat or Aligue paste
  • 1/4 cup Green Onion chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons Sesame Oil
  • 1 piece Egg
  • 4 Tablespoons Cornstarch
  • Dumpling Wrapper
Garnish
  • Chinese Cabbage blanched
  • Enoki Mushroom blanched
  • Chopped Green Onions

Method
 

  1. First, in a pot, combine water, garlic, onion, ginger, whole and ground peppercorn, beef brisket, soy sauce, anisado wine and beef bouillon cube. Then, boil and simmer until beef is fork tender.
  2. Add star anise, dried shrimps, sugar and sesame oil into the pot, and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Season with soy sauce and salt to taste. Lastly, remove the beef meat and strain the broth. Throw away the spices,
  3. To make the dumpling, mix everything in a bowl using your hand until you get a sticky dough of meat. Chill the meat for an hour before wrapping. Steam for 15 minutes and set aside.
  4. Pour broth onto the noodles. Garnish with boiled beef, dimsum, Chinese cabbage, enoki mushroom and green onion.