asian flavored stock & soup ...
Servings: 10
ingredients:
for the Asian stock:
- 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 (1 bowl):
- 50 g thin spaghetti
- 50 gr beef
- 1 carrot
- 4 spring onions
- 1 tbsp peanut oil
- 1/4 tsp curry
- 200 ml Asian stock
how to:
for the Asian stock:
- 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 flavored stock.
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 flavored stock i. e. 1 container. Double all the other ingredients. Asian stock may be frozen. Asian soup should be served at once & enjoyed at once!
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 flavored stock i. e. 1 container. Double all the other ingredients. Asian stock may be frozen. Asian soup should be served at once & enjoyed at once!