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asian broth & soup
Based on an Asian broth typical Asian soups can be made w/o much effort. Prepare the Asian broth in a larger quantity for further use & benefit from the storage every now & then.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time3 hours
ingredients:
for the Asian broth:
  • 300 g beef for making soup
  • 2 carrots
  • 4-5 spring onions
  • 1 bunch of chives
  • 1 tbsp peppercorns
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 5-6 cm fresh ginger
  • 3 star anises
  • 1 tbsp cloves
  • 3 dried chili peppers
  • 2 stems of lemongrass
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 2500 ml water
for the Asian soup:
  • 50 g thin spaghetti
  • 50 gr beef
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 spring onions
  • 1 tbsp peanut oil
  • 1/4 tsp curry
  • 200 ml Asian broth
how to:
for the Asian broth:
  • Cut the beef & the vegetables roughly in pieces.
  • Put everything (beef, vegetables, spices) in a big pot.
  • Add water & bring it to boil.
  • Reduce heat, put a lid on the pot & let it simmer for about 3 h.
  • Remove the ingredients.
  • Fill broth in containers (about 400 ml each).
  • Put them in the fridge or freeze them - for further use.
for the Asian soup:
  • Cook & drain the spaghetti.
  • Cut the beef & the vegetables into thin slices - save some spring onion rings for later.
  • Add curry & fry them in some peanut oil until brown resp. soft.
  • Heat the Asian broth.
  • Heap the spaghetti in a bowl.
  • Arrange beef & vegetables around the spaghetti.
  • Add hot broth.
  • Sprinkle spring onion rings on top.
  • Serve immediately.
Notes
Prep Time & Cook Time: refers only to Asian broth.
Prep Time for Asian soup: about 10 min
Cook Time for Asian soup: about 10 min
Chili: You may use as many dried chili peppers as you like - the more, the hotter!
Spaghetti: You may use any Chinese or Japanese noodles which happen to sit in your pantry.
Cooking spaghetti: you may also cook the spaghetti in Asian broth. Be aware that you’ll need some more broth in this case.
Servings: For 2 people you’ll need 400 ml Asian broth i. e. 1 container. Double all the other ingredients.
Asian broth may be frozen.
Asian soup should be served at once & enjoyed at once!