Thai Beef Noodle Soup (Kuay Teaw Nua)

For The Soup

• 1/2 onion
• 1 beef stock cube
• 3 star anise seeds
  
• 1 cinnamon sticks
  
• 1/2 carrot
• 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  
• 1 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  
• 1 teaspoon salted soybeans
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 pickled garlic
  
• 1 preserved beancurd
  
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorn
  
• 1/4 teaspoon coriander seeds
  

For The Noodles

• 70g rice noodles
  
• 1 cup of sliced beef
• 1 cup of beef balls
• fried garlic oil (for garnish)
• coriander (for garnish)
• spring onion (for garnish)

Special Cooking Equipment Used

• pot with lid
  

Cooking instructions

Step 1: Soak 70g of rice noodles in cold water for about 10 minutes.

Step 2: Whilst the noodles are soaking, dissolve 1 beef stock cube in 2.5 litres of boiling water. When the stock cube has completely dissolved, add the soup ingredients, so 1 cinnamon stick, 1/2 a whole onion, 1/2 a carrot, 3 star anise seeds, 1 pickled garlic, 1 teaspoon of salted soybeans, 1 preserved beancurd, 1 1/2 tbsp of dark soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of peppercorn, 1/4 teaspoon of coriander seeds, 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce, 2 tbsp of sugar, and 1/2 tbsp of salt. Give everything a stir and heat on a high heat. Once the water begins to boil, cover the pot with a lid, and leave to cook for 30 minutes. Whilst the soup is boiling for 30 minutes, you can make the beef balls if you don’t have any already made. Check out our video guide here: Thai meatballs recipe (just substitute the minced pork for minced beef, and don’t grill them.)

Step 3: Once the soup has been boiling for 30 minutes, lower the heat and remove the lid. Now we will prepare our noodles. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, then add 70g of rice noodles (which equals 1 portion – if you want more, just cook each portion separately). Cook until the noodles are done, which should only take about 5 minutes. You will know they are cooked when they appear white. Then scoop the noodles out of the pan and into a bowl, and mix with a dash of fried garlic oil.

Step 4: Now half fill a ladle with some of our soup and add the beef strips. Lower the ladles into the hot soup and cook the beef strips to your liking, then place them in the bowl on top of the noodles we just cooked.

Step 5: Now place the beef balls into the ladle and lower them into the soup. We just want them to absorb some of the soup and heat up, so you dont need to do this for very long. Once they are hot, put them in the bowl with the beef strips and noodles.

Step 6: Spoon some of the soup over your noodles, beef strips, and beef balls, taking care not to take out any of the chunks. We only added the onion, carrot, and star anise for their flavour, we don’t want to get them in our bowl. So make sure you are just spooning out the liquid from the soup.

Step 7: Finally, add the garnish of your choice. We used beansprouts, spring onion, coriander, fried garlic oil, pepper, dried chilli flakes, and ground peanuts. Serve and enjoy!