Chinese Beef Noodle Soup

Ingredients

For 5 servings

• 2 kg Beef with Bones (( beef shank with bone or any meaty bones ) about 4.5lb)
• 2 thumb Ginger (sliced)
• 1 bulb Garlic
• 3 Spring Onion (( white part of spring onion Or one onion))
• 3 Star anise
• 3 Bay leaves
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp Black pepper (( whole black pepper or powder ))
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 5 g Beef stock cube (( ½ or 1 Beef bouillon stock cube ) optional )
• 1 tsp Salt (( add more or less salt according to preference ))
• 3 litre Water (for broth )
• 3 litre Water (for blanching)
• 100 g Dried rice noodles (( pre-soaked in water for 1 hour ) )
• Coriander (( chopped ))
• Bean sprouts (blanched )
• Fresh chilli (( sliced ))
• Lime wedges