Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup
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The Woks of Life · by Judy★ 4.8 (23)

Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup

NUTRITION · PER SERVING330M COOK
CAL 86%·PRO 100%
CARBS 33G8% OF CAL
3G FIBER25G OTHER5G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 110G58% OF CAL
31G SAT79G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A celebrated Chinese noodle soup with deeply flavorful broth, tender shaved beef, radishes, and chewy noodles. Complex spices create an aromatic, savory broth that defines this iconic Lanzhou dish.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 6
  • 4 lbs beef or pork soup bones
  • 2 1/4 lbs 1 kg beef shank
  • ½ of a whole roasting chicken ((or a leftover roasted chicken carcass))
  • 10 cups water
  • 4 cups about 1 liter chicken stock
  • Spice mix ((see recipe below))
  • Salt ((to taste; I added about a tablespoon))
  • 1/2 of a small Chinese radish ((quartered and thinly sliced))
  • 1 pound fresh or dried white noodles
  • Hot chili oil ((to taste, see recipe below))
  • scallion ((chopped))
  • cilantro ((chopped))
  • 7 star anise
  • 12 cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 bay leaves
  • 6 large slices of sand ginger
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons white peppercorns
  • 5 licorice root slices ((optional but very much recommended))
  • 3 pieces dried orange peel
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 2 star anise
  • 1/2 of a small cinnamon stick
  • ½ teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
  • 3 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes ((just the regular kind you'd sprinkle on your pizza))
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
PREP
30M
SODIUM
3402MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.