Step 1: Soak the bought beef in clear water for 3 hours, completely soak the blood in the beef to remove the fishy smell, then wash the beef and marinate it in soy sauce for more than 5 hours.
Step 2: Put the marinated beef together with the sauce into the pot, add cold water and more water, boil over high fire, skim off the floating foam, add the prepared ginger, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, fragrant fruit, dried pepper, cooking wine, salt and hawthorn (hawthorn is added to make the meat easier to boil), and finally add the sweet noodle sauce, and stir all the ingredients and seasonings evenly.
Step 3: Cover the cooked beef and stew for 2 hours, the beef will be more delicious.