Instant Pot Chinese Beef Brisket Soup (清湯牛腩)

Name: Instant Pot Chinese Beef Brisket Soup (清湯牛腩)
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 2 - 3 pounds (960g) veal brisket (牛仔腩) (1¼” inch thick) or 2 - 3 pounds (1358g) beef finger meat (牛坑腩); 1 tablespoon (15ml) vegetable oil; 3 (12g) garlic cloves (, crushed); 2 slices (3.5g) ginger; 1 stalk green onion (, finely sliced the green part); 1 tablespoon (15ml) Shaoxing wine; 6½ cups (1625ml) cold water; 1 teaspoon (7g) fine table salt; 1½ teaspoons (6g) dashi powder; 1½ teaspoons (2.7g) Sichuan peppercorn (花椒); 2 (0.35g) bay leaves; 2 (3g) star anise (八角); 1 (7g) Chinese cinnamon stick (Chinese cassia bark 肉桂皮); Optional: 1 (1g) black cardamom (草果); 20 grams rock sugar (黃冰糖); 1 tablespoon (15ml) fish sauce; 1 tablespoon (15ml) regular soy sauce; 1 (230g) large leek (, cut into chunks); 1 (712g) daikon (, cut into 1” chunks); Cooked noodles i.e. Knife-cut noodles, rice noodles, or your favorite noodles (, 70g - 100g per person); ¼ cup cilantro (, chopped)

Instructions

Cook:1h 55min

Easy to make Chinese Beef Brisket Soup in Instant Pot. Classic Hong Kong-style comfort food. Tender juicy beef, flavorful daikon in umami beefy broth. Add your favorite noodles to turn it into a heartwarming Hong Kong beef noodle soup. Simple yet deliciously satisfying to eat.

Updated at: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:21:31 GMT