Beef noodles: delicious and easy recipes for a nutritious first course

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

The pulp of beef consists of large fibers, which give this meat stiffness and dryness. Therefore, it is most popular to use it in food in a scrolled or chop form.

In this article, we will share step-by-step recipes for beef with noodles and the secrets of cooking boiled meat, soft and juicy. We offer homemade beef soup. For this dish, homemade egg noodles are prepared. This is the main ingredient of the dish. And you will also like vegetable soup with beef and noodles. This dish can be prepared with both fresh and frozen vegetables. It is especially pleasant to taste such a soup in winter, so that its colors will remind you of vitamins, colors of summer and warm early autumn.

Which beef to choose for the broth?

For soup, choose lean and lean beef. Entrecote or tenderloin works very well.

Rinse the meat under cold running water and pat dry with a paper towel. Lubricate the entire surface with a thick layer of table mustard, wrap incling film and place on the shelf of the refrigerator for 1.5-2 hours. After the specified time, wash the meat from mustard. Now it is ready to be boiled.

How to cook beef broth?

The broth will be the basis of the beef noodles. You need to cook the meat in a whole piece, lowering it into already boiling water. Do not add s alt.

After the meat is cooked to medium readiness, strain the broth. Then bring it back to a boil (you can add a little s alt). Then lower the meat, add spices and herbs and cook. Readiness can be checked with a toothpick - if it pierces a piece freely, without pressure and transparent juice comes out of the hole, then the meat is ready.

Dried herbs go very well with beef broth: basil, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, oregano, celery, coriander.

How to make homemade noodles?

This recipe works best with homemade egg noodles. To keep its shape better, the dough is kneaded on eggs alone, without water.

To do this, take:

• 4 cups wheat flour;
• 2-3 chicken eggs;
• s alt.

The step by step procedure for making noodles is as follows:

• In a deep bowl, grind eggs with s alt.
• Add about two cups of flour and mix until smooth.
• Stir in the rest of the flour in small portions until the dough is stiff and no longer sticky to your hands. To make it more elastic, wrap it in cling film and leave"rest" on the table for 20 minutes. During this time, the gluten will disperse well.
• On a large area of the kitchen table, roll out a thin layer. Sprinkle with flour and leave to dry.
• Bend the dried layer several times to a strip 4-5 centimeters wide and cut into noodles with a thin sharp knife.
• Loosen your product with wide movements of the knife so that excess flour crumbles, and lay it out to dry for 5-10 minutes.
• Homemade egg noodles for beef are ready.

How to save homemade noodles?

If the product turned out to be too much, it can be frozen by spreading it in a thin layer on a cutting board and placing it in the freezer for 1 hour. Pour the frozen product into a bag and also store in the freezer. In this form, it will keep well for 3-4 months.

How to cut beef?

Before moving on to our beef noodle recipes, you should pay attention to cold cuts. Cool the boiled beef in the broth to room temperature. Will look very nice in soup bowls:

• bars;
• cubes;
• coarse chips;
• thin straws.

If there are lovers of large pieces of meat at the table, then cut the ingredient into large slices.

For a smoother cut, drizzle with melted butter and leave to soak.

Homemade beef noodles

Ingredients:

• 300-400 g boiledbeef;
• two handfuls of homemade egg noodles or 300 g large-form durum wheat pasta;
• 0.5 kg potatoes;
• dried mixture of carrots and onions (fresh vegetables can be sautéed);
• soup seasoning;
• bay leaf, s alt and pepper to taste.

Step cooking:

• Dip diced or cubed potatoes, dried vegetables, s alt, pepper, bay leaf into boiling broth and add soup seasoning.
• Bring everything to a boil and toss in the noodles.
• Simmer for 1-2 minutes, dip the chopped meat into the soup and turn off the heat.
• If desired, you can add finely chopped greens and grated garlic clove.

Vegetable soup with beef and noodles

In order for this soup to combine all the colors of summer and autumn, use vegetables of all colors: carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers, green peas, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, asparagus, green beans.

In winter, frozen vegetables can be used.

For the beef and vegetable noodle recipe, prepare:

• 300-400 g boiled beef;
• 0.5 kg vegetable mix;
• 2-3 potatoes;
• bay leaf, s alt and pepper to taste.

If you are cooking fresh vegetables, then chop everything into cubes and sauté in vegetable oil in a deep frying pan with a little broth.

In the boiling broth, dip the potato wedges and vegetables, s alt and cook untilreadiness. Then add noodles. After 1-2 minutes, lower the chopped beef and turn off the stove. Do not leave the soup for a long time, otherwise the noodles may swell.