Ingredients

– 1kg diced beef (I used flank but shin and stewing beef will work great)
– 1 brown (or white) onion
– 3 spring onions
– 6 garlic cloves
– 2 tbsp oil (canola, peanut or grapeseed)
– Thumb-size piece of ginger
– 1 long red chilli
– 2 tomatoes
– 3 star anise
– 2 tomatoes
– 1L beef stock
– 150ml soy sauce
– 100ml Shaoxing cooking wine
– 4 tablespoons doubanjiang
– 40g rock sugar (or brown sugar)
– 1 head bok choy (per person)
– 100g dried egg noodles (per person)

Method

1. In a large pot with 2 tbsp of oil, saute the brown onion, garlic and ginger.
2. After 2-4 minutes add the spring onion, red chilli, star anise and tomatoes (cut into quarters) and saute this for another 3-4 minutes.
3. Add your beef and rock sugar and saute this for another 3-4 minutes.
4. Add the doubanjiang, Shaoxing, soy sauce and beef stock, and give everything a good stir. Once it’s come up to a light simmer, turn it down as low as it will go and cook until the beef is super tender, this will take 3-4 hour*s.*
5. Once your beef is almost ready, have a pot of water boiling to quickly cook your dried noodles and bok choy.
6. Then in a serving bowl, place your noodles followed by your beef, beef broth and bok choy, garnish with some finely sliced spring onion greens and a little more chilli oil if you like it spicy.

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