Braised Beef Ho Fun Noodle Soup

Braised Beef Ho Fun Noodle Soup (牛腩河)–Instant pot recipe

Chinese style braised beef with radish is a popular Chinese dish in southern part of China. Often, braised beef radish serves with rice or noodles. And, braised beef ho fun noodle soup is one of the well-known noodle soups among Canton area in China. Beef ho fun soup is one of my favorite noodle soups. Now, I can use instant pot pressure cooker to make them easily and tasty that the beef is so tender.     

What is ho fun noodles?

Ho fun in Chinese called Shahe fen noodles which are originated from Guangdong, China. Besides, ho fun noodles are rice noodles type that white in color, broad and oily. Also, the texture is elastic and a bit chewy. Generally, they are sold as fresh. However, the place where we live is hard to find fresh made ho fun. Most of them are refrigerated and made from California. If fresh ho fun noodles not available, you can also use dried form. Most of time, ho fun noodles are in strips or sheets that cut to the desired width. Personally, I like to use narrower ho fun for noodle soup and wider ho fun noodles for stir fried.

Moreover, Chinese braised beef with radish use Asian aromatic spices. Not only it taste great, but also smell fantastic. Traditionally, brisket beef is slowly cooking for hours with radish (daikon). However, I like to use beef chuck roast because is lesser fat and more meat. On the other hand, it is cheaper and easy to find at regular grocery store. Therefore, this recipe I use beef chuck roast instead of beef brisket and cook them in instant pot pressure cooker.

In addition, using instant pot pressure cooker to cook braised beef radish is faster and tasty. It’s only a few steps and you can wait for melt-in-mouth and tender beef serve with ho fun rice noodle soup. The radish is very juicy and yummy as well because it absorbed the meat sauce. 

Ingredients:

Fresh ho fun rice noodles a pack (around 2 lbs)

Braised beef radish:

Radish (daikon) 1 medium-large

Beef chunk roast boneless 2 lb

Ginger 5 slices 

Garlic 4 cloves

Star anise 5 pieces

Clove 6 pieces

Green onion 2 sticks

Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons

Soy sauce 2 tablespoons

Salt 1/2 teaspoon

Brown sugar 2 tablespoons

Water 1/2 cup

Instructions:

1.  Wash the radish, peel off skin and chop them into big chunks

2. Wash the beef chuck roast and cut them into chunks

3. Wash star anise and clove. Then, put star anise, clove, ginger, garlic, beef, and radish into an instant pot. After that, add oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, salt, and water into the pot and mix them.

    4. Close the lid and vent and put button manual on high pressure for 60 minuets then natural release

5. Boil water in a pot. When water is boiling, add ho fun noodles into water and let it cook for a minute or until the noodle is loosen up. (Remember don’t over cook the noodles because the noodles is already cooked, just loosen up the noodles after refrigerated and remove extra oil)

6. When the braised beef radish is done, put the beef, radish and the sauce in the bowl of ho fun noodles. Then, chop some green onion and topping for the noodle soup.

7. Enjoy this tasty and simple braised beef ho fun noodle soup

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Braised Beef Ho Fun Noodle Soup

Braised beef ho fun noodle soup is one of the well-known noodle soups among Canton area in China. Beef ho fun soup is one of my favorite noodles soup. Now, I can use instant pot pressure cooker to make them easily and tasty that the beef is so tender.     

Course Breakfast, Main Course, Noodles, Soup

Cuisine Chinese

Keyword Braised Beef Ho Fun Noodle Soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Resting time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 209kcal

Author Tracy O.

Ingredients

• 1 pack Fresh ho fun rice noodles (around 32 oz)

BRAISED BEEF RADISH:

• 1 medium-large Radish (daikon)
• 2 lb Beef chunk roast boneless
• 5 slices Ginger
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 5 pieces Start anise
• 6 pieces Clove
• 2 sticks Green onion
• 2 tablespoons Oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons Soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 tablespoons Brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Water

Instructions

• Wash the radish, peel off skin and chop them into big chunks
  
• Wash the beef chuck roast and cut them into chunks
  
• Wash star anise and clove. Then, put star anise, clove, ginger, garlic, beef, and radish into an instant pot. After that, add oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, salt, and water into the pot and mix them.
  
• Close the lid and vent and put button manual on high pressure for 60 minuets then natural release
• Boil water in a pot. When water is boiling, add ho fun noodles into water and let it cook for a minute or until the noodle is loosen up. (Remember don’t over cook the noodles because the noodles is already cooked, just loosen up the noodles after refrigerated and remove extra oil)
  
  
• When the braised beef radish is done, put the beef, radish and the sauce in the bowl of ho fun noodles. Then, chop some green onion and topping for the noodle soup.
  
• Enjoy this tasty and simple braised beef ho fun noodle soup
  

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