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Beef Noodle Soup with Pickled Chiles and Greens

泡椒酸菜牛肉面

Instant noodles and thin beef cook in a sour-spicy broth flavored with pickled chiles and mustard greens.

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Beef slices and noodles with pickled greens in broth.
Beef Noodle Soup with Pickled Chiles and Greens
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Ingredients

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  • instant noodle block
  • thinly sliced beef or beef rolls
  • garlic
  • bird's eye chiles
  • pickled chiles
  • pickled mustard greens
  • water
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • as neededsalt
  • a littlewhite pepper
  • scallions
  • cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Heat oil and fry garlic and bird's eye chiles. Add pickled chiles and pickled mustard greens and fry off their surface moisture.

  2. 02

    Add enough water and bring to a boil. Season with light soy sauce, salt and white pepper, then add the noodle block.

  3. 03

    Add thin beef slices or beef rolls. The source gives 1 minute for the beef; check it is cooked through, then sprinkle with scallions.

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Beef Noodle Soup with Pickled Chiles and Greens

Instant noodles and thin beef cook in a sour-spicy broth flavored with pickled chiles and mustard greens.

Ingredients

  • instant noodle block
  • thinly sliced beef or beef rolls
  • garlic
  • bird's eye chiles
  • pickled chiles
  • pickled mustard greens
  • water
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • as neededsalt
  • a littlewhite pepper
  • scallions
  • cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Method

  1. 01

    Heat oil and fry garlic and bird's eye chiles. Add pickled chiles and pickled mustard greens and fry off their surface moisture.

  2. 02

    Add enough water and bring to a boil. Season with light soy sauce, salt and white pepper, then add the noodle block.

  3. 03

    Add thin beef slices or beef rolls. The source gives 1 minute for the beef; check it is cooked through, then sprinkle with scallions.