Recipe - Hangtown Fry

BEEF STOCK
3 One fourth pound Beef bones (shinbones &
oxtails); with meat &
marrow
16 cup Water
4 Shallots; thinly cut or sliced up
6 sl Ginger; size of a quarter
4 Star anise
2 Cinnamon sticks

SOUP INGREDIENTS
One fourth cup Fish sauce
One fourth teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
6 ounce Thin flat rice stick
noodles; * see precook
info
1 Lime; cut in 6 wedges
1 Hot red chile pepper; thinly
cut or sliced up /rings
One half pound Boneless beef sirloin; **
see note
2 cup Bean sprouts; rinsed &
drained

GARNISHES
One fourth cup Scallion greens; minced
One fourth cup Cilantro; minced
1 cup Thai basil or sweet basil
leaves; shredded

In a large pot, combine the beef stock ingredients and bring to a boil.
Turn down the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 1One half hours, skimmiing
any impurities and fat from the surface.

Strain the broth into another large pot. Remove any meat from the bones and
cut into thin slices; discard bones and stock seasonings. Skim any fat from
the surface of the stock. Add the fish sauce and black pepper and keep warm
over low heat.

Divide the noodles among six soup bowls. Put the lime wedges on a small
plate and put the chile pepper in a small bowl.

Add the cooked cut or sliced up beef, the sirloin, and bean sprouts to the hot soup,
bring to a boil, and cook until the sirloin loses its pink color, 1One half to
2 minutes. Skim the surface to remove any impurities.

Ladle the beef, bean sprouts, and broth over the noodles. Sprinkle the
scallions, cilantro and basil on top. Serve with the lime slices and chile
pepper for seasoning.

NOTES : * To precook rice sticks, soften in hot water for 15 minutes, cook
for 45 seconds in hot wok (or pan) and rinse under cold water, drain.

** Beef should be trimmed of fat and gristle and cut into paperthin slices
about 1One half inches square.

My notes: FIRST, I MADE 1/3 OF THE RECIPE. I made enough for 2. Second, I
didn't have any beef bones (and the bones usually make me kind of ill
the old vegetarian in me) so I used enough Better Than Bouillon Beef Base
for 4 cups of stock and used the other stock ingredients star anise,
cinnamon, shallots and ginger. I simmered it for 1One half hours like the
recipe said. Then I continued.

Recipe by: Adapted from Asian Noodles by Nina Simonds

Posted to CHILEHEADS DIGEST by RST G synapse7@home.com on Mar 12, 1999,
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