Chinese Beef-Noodle Soup
Serves: 12
Preparation Time: 2 ½ hours
Equipment: French chef knife, Cutting Board, Kitchen Machine, 6-quart Stockpot, Slotted Spoon, 4-quart Stockpot
- 2 ½ pounds (1.2 kg) beef short ribs
- 7 cups (1.7 kg) water (distilled if possible)
- ¼ cup (60 ml) low sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup (60 ml) dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 6 slices fresh ginger, sliced #4 blade
- 8 green onions, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon aniseed
- ¼ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
- 2 turnips, peeled and cut into ¼ inch cubes
- 6 ounces (180 g) egg noodles or rice noodles
In 6-quart Stockpot (6 L Utensil) combine ribs, water, soy sauce, sherry, and sugar. Bring to boil, skim off froth. Add ginger, half of green onions, garlic, aniseed, and pepper flakes. Reduce heat to low, cover with vent open, and simmer two hours.
Remove from heat. Cool 30 minutes. Remove ribs with slotted spoon. Chop meat, discarding fat and bones. Strain broth through fine sieve into smaller 4-quart Stockpot, and add chopped meat. Skim fat or, if time permits, refrigerate and lift fat from surface. Add turnips to broth, simmer covers with vent open 10 minutes, add noodles, and simmer for 7-10 minutes or until done. Serve garnished with chopped green onions.
NUTRIONAL BREAKDOWN PER SERVING: Calories 234; Fat Grams 6; Carbohydrate Grams 7; Protein Grams 23; Cholesterol Grams 59; Sodium Grams 256.
THE POINT SYSTEM: Calorie Points 3; Protein Points 3; Fat Grams 6; Sodium Points 1; Fiber Points 0; Carbohydrate Points ½; Cholesterol Points 6.