Chinese Beef Noodle Soup (Original video)

Ingredients:

• Dark soy sauce
• Light soy sauce
• Chinese vinegar
• Chinese cooking wine
• Chinese bean paste or bean sauce
• Salt
• Brown sugar
• Bok choy
• Medium-sized onion
• Chinese ramen noodles
• Flank steak or chunk beef
• Scallion
• White pepper
• Star anise
• Garlic
• Dried orange peels
• Chinese licorice
• Bay leaves
• Cinnamon stick
• Fennel seeds
• Ginger

Instructions:

1. Boil 12 ounces of water in a pot. Cut scallions and meat into chunks. Add meat and ginger to boiling water, cook for 5 minutes, and skim off scum.
2. Brown onion, ginger, scallions, and garlic in a pot with oil. Add brown sugar, then beef. Stir in dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine, bean paste, and ketchup.
3. Pour in the broth, add spices in filter bags, and cook in an Instant Pot for 30 minutes or simmer on the stove for 3 hours.
4. Adjust seasoning with salt or bouillon. Serve with cooked noodles, bok choy, and garnish with Chinese vinegar and hot oil.
5. Enjoy the tender beef and flavorful broth. Serve hot and slurp the noodles with the soup.