Noodles - Beef Noodles

This is one dish that i made for my friends who came to munich. Simple dish..just take a longer cooking time. This is pretty similar to the beef brisket recipe...

Ingredients
500g beef brisket (cubed)
3 cloves garlic (diced)
5 slices ginger
2 cinnamon stick
5 star anise
3 cardamom seeds
1 tbsp cloves
3 large bay leaves
1 tsp black peppercorn
1 shallot (diced)
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp oyster sauce
5 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp black soy sauce (or more if you want it to be darker)
1 litre
salt and pepper to taste
Handful bean sprouts
Rice noodles/Noodles

Preparation Methods:

To make the soup. Heat two teaspoons of oil, add garlic and rest of herbs and fry till fragrant. Add meat till its browned and add water. Add the rest of the ingredients except for bean sprouts and noodles. Boil for 3 hrs or till meat is tender.

Blanche bean sprouts and boil noodles till cooked. Fry shallot with 5 tbsp oil till brown. Add to the soup before serving into a bowl of noodles topped with beansprouts.

Beef - Ngau Lam Pou, Chinese Braised Beef Brisket

This is a yummy yum dish that i cannot resist. Everytime i go chinatown in london late at night after clubbing, this is usually what i order, and i never get sick of it.

Ingredients:

500g beef brisket
3 cloves garlic (diced)
5 slices ginger
2 cinnamon stick
3 star anise
2 cardamom seeds
3-4 carrots, cut in chunks
5 large bay leaves
1 tsp sichuan pepper (optional)
1 tsp black peppercorn
1 shallot (diced)
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp oyster sauce
5 tbsp black soy sauce
3 cups water
cornstarch as thickener
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation Method:

Cut beef into 2cm cubes. Heat 3 tbsp of oil and fry garlic, ginger, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom, shallots till fragrant. Add beef in and fry till browned. Add water and rest of ingredients. Bring to boil then lower heat. Cook till sauce is halved (about 1 hour). Add constarch to thicken if necessary and salt and pepper to taste.