Beef soup recipe and spices are as follows:

Anise forty grams, twenty grams of peppercorns, fifteen grams of cinnamon, five grams of cloves, twenty grams of grass berries, twenty grams of nutmeg, fifteen grams of Angelica dahurica, twenty grams of cumin, ten grams of allspice, ten grams of licorice, ten grams of Liang Jiang, thirty grams of natural, ten grams of Chen Pi, ten grams of sand nut, ten grams of Mucilage, ten grams of Bai Kou. Fragrant sand twenty grams, white pepper ten grams of fragrant appendages five grams.

How to choose beef:

1, from the appearance: fresh beef is bright red, uniform color natural, fat part of the color white, no color. Inferior beef color dull, fat gray, or even green (spoiled). Beef with skin can be viewed on the skin of its meat is neat, inferior beef skin generally have red spots.

2, from the smell: high-quality beef smell normal, no odor. Inferior quality beef is sour, smelly or ammonia odor.

3, by feel: gently press the beef with your finger, fresh beef elasticity, press can be quickly recovered. Inferior quality beef is not flexible enough, it is difficult to restore the original after pressing. Feel the viscosity of beef with your hands, fresh beef has air-dried membrane, dry surface, not sticky.