Sichuan Beef Noodle Soup – Sometimes Good Wife

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
• 5 pounds beef shank
• 1 pound beef neck bones
• 2 pounds beef tendon
• 3 inch fresh ginger, peeled and smashed
• 5 each garlic cloves , peeled
• 1 each yellow onion, peeled
• 3 tablespoons Sichuan hot bean paste; dou ban jiang; chili bean paste
• 8 each whole star anise
• 3 1 1/2 inch cubes Chinese yellow rock sugar, about 3 ounces; or 3 tablespoons sugar (white or Chinese packed light brown sugar)
• 1 bunch green onions (onion tops), trimmed and use the white parts, smash
• 1 bunch cilantro stems
• 8 inches daikon, peel and cut into 1/3
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• ½ cup soy sauce
• ½ cup Chinese white wine
• ½ tablespoon Sichuan peppercorns
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
• 3 roma tomatoes, quartered
• 2 lb eggless Chinese wheat noodles; Shandong la mien, Cook noodles according to package directions
• 3 each baby bok choy, each halved lengthwise and rinsed, and gently blanched
• chopped green onions, chopped cilantro, sesame oil, bean sprouts, ground white pepper