Thai beef noodle soup

Ingredients

6 garlic cloves, peeled, roughly chopped

6 coriander roots, cleaned, coarsely chopped

1 tsp whole black peppercorns

1 tbsp vegetable oil

500g beef chuck steak (or gravy beef, stewing beef or brisket)

3 whole star anise

1 cinnamon stick

¼ cup light soy sauce

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

6 cups beef stock

300g Asian beef balls (optional)

2 cups sliced Asian greens (e.g. bok choy, pak choy, Chinese young kale)

cooked noodles to serve (e.g. rice noodles or egg noodles)

1 cup bean shoots to serve

fish sauce to season to taste before serving

Thai basil leaves to serve

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