beef noodles

i simply call it mee/kuay teow sup, but the recipe is based on vietnamese beef noodles.

we've had rice for few days in a row and last nite, i just felt like ordering dominos pizza since they are having 2 for 1 offer. but my other half suggested beef noodles, well we normally have pasta or noodles midweek. we didnt have any beef in the freezer, just lamb cuts, so we had vietnamese style lamb noodles instead. this is the way i normally cook it.

ingredients

beef/lamb cuts

1/2 onion - thinly sliced

few cloves  garlic - chopped

thumb size ginger - sliced

3 cardamoms (buah pelaga) 

1 cinnamon stick (kulit kayu manis)

3 star anise (bunga lawang)

juice from 1/2 lemon

1 tbsp fish sauce

fish cake/fish tofu/fish balls - sliced

for garnishing - spring onion, sliced chillies in soy sauce (kicap manis) & vinegar/lemon juice, fried onion (bawang goreng), bean sprout (taugeh).

method

boil  the beef/lamb cuts and let it simmer (i dont have a pressure cooker) until the meat becomes tender. remove the meat from the stock and slice thinly. dont throw away the stock!

heat dash of oil in the same pot and fry the onion till soft, add in the garlic, ginger and the spices. then add in the stock, lemon juice, fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste.

then put in the sliced meat, sliced fish tofu/fish ball into the stock and let it boil for a bit.

to serve, put the kuay tiaw/egg noodles (mee) into the bowl and pour the soup, and sprinkle the garnishes. i didnt have bawang goreng & taugeh, so we made do with spring onion & chillies.