Tamarind Beef Udon Noodle Soup

Tamarind Beef Udon Noodle Soup

Serving Size: 2 Bowls

Ingredients:

For Beef:

·      1lb Thinly sliced beef (you can slice yourself or get pre sliced from Asian super market usually sold for hot pot)

·      1 tbsp mirin rice wine

·      ¼ cup hoisin sauce or Chin Dribblin Tamarind Yakisoba Sauce & Marinade

·      1 tbsp brown sugar

·      1tbsp grated ginger

For Onions:

·      ½ white onion sliced thin

·      ½ tsp salt

For Broth:

·      2 cups water

·      2 cups beef broth

·      1tbsp instant dashi stock powder

·      2 tbsp mirin rice wine

·      2 tbsp brown sugar

·      ¼ cup hoisin sauce or Chin Dribblin Tamarind Yakisoba Sauce & Marinade

For Udon Noodle:

·      1-2 portions of frozen udon noodles

For Garnish:

·      1 bunch of green onion sliced thin

Instructions:

·      To marinate beef, slice thin and marinate in a bowl with mirin, brown sugar, hoisin sauce or Chin Dribblin Tamarind Yakisoba Sauce & Marinade, and ginger. Mix and set aside and allow it to marinate while you make the broth and cook the udon noodles.

·      To another bowl slice white onion and add salt then set aside.

·      Get a small pot of water on the stove and bring water to a boil, once boiling add frozen udon noodles and cook until noodles come apart and heat (about 2-4 minutes) drain and place in bowls for serving.

·      For the broth, get a pot add the 2 cups of water, beef broth, dashi stock powder, mirin, brown sugar and Chin Dribblin Tamarind Yakisoba Sauce & Marinade, Heat until boiling and to allow the mirin rice wine to cook out. Then take off heat and set aside.

·      Grab the onions that were set aside and squeeze excess liquid out of them

·      Grab a sauté pan and heat with oil, once hot add onions and cook for 1-2 minutes, then add beef and excess marinade and heat until beef is cooked through.

·      Once all of your components are cooked, turn off heat and set aside to assemble.

·      Before you assemble cut your green onions for garnish

·      ASSEMBLE: Take the bowls with udon noodles in them and pour broth into bowls, then add beef and onion mixture on top

Garnish with green onions, serve, ENJOY!