Recipe for cooking cinnamon beef noodles

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Cinnamon Beef Noodles

5 C. water
1 1/2 C. rice wine or sake
3/4 C. low-sodium soy sauce
1/4 C. sugar
2 tsp. canola oil
2 lb. beef stew meat, cut into 1 1/2-in. cubes
8 green onions, cut into 1-in. pieces
6 garlic cloves, crushed
2 cinnamon sticks
1-in. piece peeled fresh ginger, thinly sliced
1 (10 oz.) pkg. fresh spinach, chopped
4 C. hot cooked wide noodles or vermicelli
    (about 8 oz. uncooked pasta)

Mix together water, rice wine, soy sauce and sugar in a lrg. bowl; stir with a whisk. Set aside.

Heat 1 tsp. oil in a lrg. Dutch oven over med.-high heat; add half the beef, browning on all sides. Remove from pan. Repeat procedure with remaining oil and beef.

Return beef to pan; add water mixture, onions, garlic, cinnamon and ginger. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 2 hr..

Discard ginger slices and cinnamon. Stir in spinach; cook 3 min. or until wilted. Serve over noodles.

Makes approximately 8 servings.