Delicious meat that melts off the mouth. spiced and spicy soup with bouncy chewy noodles. This Taiwanese beef noodle soup is easy to make with an Instant Pot!
An easy and effortless recipe that guarantees a meat-melting experience. Literally, a throw-in-everything recipe that only requires an Instant Pot. The perfect Taiwanese beef noodle soup that's soul comforting and ridiculously delicious!
What is Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup?
A rich soup filled with beef flavour and assorted Asian spice drowned in fresh chewy wheat noodles. It is topped off with bok choy, tender chunks of beef, cilantro, green onions, and spicy Sichuan oil.
This Taiwanese beef noodle soup has flavours of spicy, savoury, fresh, beefy, and salty. The best comfort food when it is cold outside and a slurp-tactic experience!
What kind of Beef to Buy?
The kind of meat I like to use is the shank or the chunk cut. In Mexico, it is called "pierna" or "Agujas." It's packed with flavour and can tolerate long stewing time.
Spice Package
The types of spices we are adding to the broth are:
Why Use an Instant Pot?
I love using the Instant Pot because it can quickly get things done! It's also a great machine to do everything in one place. I have the Instant Pot Duo 7-1 Stainless Steel, which is the best-selling machine on Amazon!
Besides its great options, I also like how it can cook certain meals without it smelling while it cooks. My husband is super picky about strong aroma food in the house, and we can turn the vent off for this meal! Meaning, while it cooks for 100 minutes, your house and rooms will not smell like beef noodles!
Fresh Noodles or Packaged Noodles?
Both are completely fine! If you have a Chinese wheat noodle you preferred, then use that one!
Here in Mexico, I have no noodle options but spaghetti pasta (yuck!) so the types of noodles I'm using are the homemade fresh noodles made with my Philips Pasta and Noodle Maker.
For a chewier and bouncier bite, make your noodles with bread flour. Due to the high protein in the flour, it will make stronger and chewier noodles!
Check out my 3-minute Homemade Noodle post and learn how to make ramen noodles at the comfort of your home!
Professional Tips
Pro Tip #1 - Marinate Your Meat
By simply adding some salt and pepper to your beef chunks, you can get some tasty meat! Simply toss the meat in a bowl with some salt and pepper. Leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes while you get everything done for the recipe.
Pro Tip #2 - Strain Fat
Pro Tip #3 - Serve Immediately
There's nothing more insulting than serving a hot bowl of noodle soup and not eating it right away. Lather the hot soup in the noodle only when it is time to eat. When the noodles soak the soup for too long it looses its texture. Therefore, serve only when you know people are there waiting for it!
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Instant Pot Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
Meat
- 1 kg beef shank cut into 2 inch chunks
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
- pepper
Beef Noodle Soup
- 1 white onion thinly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic crushed, back of the knife
- 2 inch ginger roughly sliced
- ¼ cup red wine or shaoxing wine
- 2 tbsp doubanjiang
- 1 tomato diced
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp sugar
- ½ cup light soy sauce
- 8 cups water
- 1 Chinese Spice Package make your own with below recipe
- 35 oz fresh wheat noodles
Chinese Spice Package
- 4 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 6 bay leafs
- 1 tbsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 2 tbsp sichuan peppercorns
- 2 tsp dried chili peppers
Garnish
- cilantro
- green onion
- bok choy
- doubanjiang optional
- chili oil optional
Instructions
- To marinate the meat, simple add everything together, give it a good toss, and set aside for 15-30 minutes.
- Use the "Saute" option on the Instant pot and add 2 tsp of oil. Add the onion, garlic and ginger. Saute for 3 minutes.
- Add the marinate beef chunks and cook each side until it is lightly browned.
- Deglaze the pot by adding shaoxing wine or red wine. Once the liquid starts to boil, cancel the "saute" option. Select "Meat/Stew" and add 100 minutes or 1 hour and 40 minutes.
- Now you add everything: doubanjiang, tomato, tomato paste, sugar, light soy sauce, water, and the Chinese spice package.
- Close the lid and turn the vent nod to not venting.
Cooking WITHOUT an Instant Pot
- Follow the instructions as followed above, but use a regular pot on the stove. Cook the soup on low/simmer for 3-4 hours.
Setting Up the Bowl
- Cook your noodles as instructed in your package. If you're interested in making fresh wheat noodles, try my 3 minutes easy ramen noodles made at home.
- Blanch bok choy until tender. Roughly about 2 minutes in boiling water.
- Put your freshly cooked noodle in a large bowl and add your bok choy on top. Pour the hot beef soup on top of the noodles and add 3-4 beef chunks to each bowl. Serve with a pinch of chopped cilantro and chopped green onions.