Instant Pot Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
Easy and delicious Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup using an Instant Pot! Spicy and savoury soup with beef chunks that melts in your mouth!
Servings 6 people
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.