Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cheesecloth or loose leaf tea sachet (cooking twine to tie shut)
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp coriander seeds
• ½ tsp Szechuan peppercorn
• ½ tsp black peppercorn
• 1/8 tsp white peppercorn
• ½ star anise
• ¼ cinnamon stick
• ½ bay leaf
• 1 tsp peanut oil
• ⅓ inch ginger (finely diced)
• 2 cloves garlic (finely diced)
• 2 green onions, white and green parts separated (diced)
• 1 medium onion (diced)
• 1 tomato (cut into 1 inch pieces)
• ¾ tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp Chinese chili bean paste
• ½ tbsp soy sauce
• ¾ tbsp rice wine
• ½ lbs beef stank (cut into 1 inch cubes)
• 3 cups water
• salt to taste
• 1 package of wheat or glass noodles
• 1 green vegetable of your choice (I like baby bok choy or broccoli)
• 1 green onions, tops only, sliced (for garnish)
• or crushed peanuts (for garnish)