We used to go to Philly's Chinatown for some very authentic Asian food. One of those was amazingly delicious beef noodle soup. Unfortunately such places are not easily accessible here in the Midwest.
Thankfully we had some leftovers from this awesome slow cooker Korean beef (the author of this blog is Korean so I went with her recipe). My beef was the cheap bottom chuck roast section.
http://damndelicious.net/2015/02/21/slow-cooker-korean-beef/
So yours truly consulted several different recipes and made this:
Here are different recipes I consulted:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/taiwanese-beef-noodle-soup-231502
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/01/taiwan-eats-taiwanese-beef-noodle-soup-recipe.html
http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-taiwanes-159033
https://food52.com/recipes/20576-my-mom-s-taiwanese-beef-noodle-soup
Here's what I modified due to limited ingredients available here in the Midwest:
6 cups water
1/2-1 cup soy sauce (depends on how much leftover Korean beef you use)
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2-1 tsp ginger powder (depends on how much ginger you like)
3-5 garlic cloves, smashed
10 fresh cilantro, chopped and divided
2 (2 inch long) dried tangerine/mandarin/orange peel
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar combined with 1/2 cup of white grape juice (my substitute for Chinese rice wine, use 1 cup of rice wine if you have access)
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
Leftovers from Korean beef :) (at least 1/2 cup of the broth from that)
Bring water, soy sauce, rice wine substitute, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, cilantro stems, tangerine peel to a boil in a 5- to 6-quart pot, then reduce heat and
simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes. Add Korean beef leftovers and gently simmer.
Meanwhile, cook noodles in a 6- to
8-quart pot of (unsalted) boiling water until tender, about 7 minutes
(14 to 15 minutes for linguine). Drain noodles well in a colander and
divide among 4 large soup bowls.
You can also add vegetables to the soup part and I'll probably try that later on another day when I have more slow cooker Korean beef leftovers.
