Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup)
Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup)

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This iconic Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup or Pho Bo is probably one of the most well-known noodles to come from Vietnam. It features succulent medium rare beef slices on top of the pho or noodles, together with some wonderfully fresh veggies and herbs that bring a fresh balance to the tasty and. Authentic Pho recipe from award-winning cookbook author and foremost expert in Vietnamese cuisine, Andrea Nguyen!

Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pho (vietnamese beef soup) using 26 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup):
  1. Prepare broth
  2. Take 5-6 pounds beef knuckles or leg bones
  3. Make ready 6 quarts cold water
  4. Make ready 2 medium onions, quartered
  5. Take 4 -inch piece of fresh ginger, halved lengthwise
  6. Prepare 2 cinnamon sticks
  7. Get 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
  8. Make ready 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
  9. Take 6 star anise
  10. Make ready 6 whole cloves
  11. Get 1 black cardamom pod (see note below)
  12. Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoons salt
  13. Get 1/4 cup fish sauce
  14. Get 1 -inch piece yellow rock sugar (see note below)
  15. Make ready assembly
  16. Get 1 pound small (1/8-inch wide) dried or fresh “banh pho” noodles (see note)
  17. Make ready 1/2 pound raw eye of round, sirloin or tri-tip steak, thinly sliced across the grain (see note)
  18. Get 1/4 cup thinly sliced onions (see note)
  19. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
  20. Get for the table
  21. Prepare Sprigs fresh mint and/or Asian/Thai basil
  22. Make ready Bean sprouts
  23. Get Thinly sliced red chilies (such as Thai bird)
  24. Get Lime wedges
  25. Prepare Fish sauce
  26. Prepare Hoisin sauce

This unbelievably delicious Vietnamese pho recipe tastes just like the restaurant version, and it's easy to make with your choice of beef, chicken, pork or I've been obsessed with this famous Vietnamese noodle soup basically all my life. But up until this year, I had always just assumed it was one of those. Vietnamese beef noodle pho is an easy soup to fall in love with. Those chewy noodles, that savory broth, the tender slices of beef — all those crunchy, spicy, herby garnishes we get to toss on top.

Instructions to make Pho (Vietnamese Beef Soup):
  1. Add beef bones to a large pot that will hold at least 10 quarts. Then, cover bones with cold water. Place pot onto high heat and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 to 5 minutes. During this time, impurities and foam (or scum) will be released and rise to the top. Drain bones, discarding the water. Then, rinse bones with warm water and scrub stockpot to remove any residue that has stuck to the sides. Add the bones back to the stockpot and cover with 6 quarts of cold water.
  2. Meanwhile, move an oven rack to a high position then turn broiler to high. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place quartered onions and halved ginger onto baking sheet then broil for 10 to 15 minutes, turning onions and ginger occasionally so that they become charred or browned on all sides.
  3. Add cinnamon sticks, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, star anise, cloves and the black cardamom pod to a dry frying pan. Place onto low heat and cook, stirring occasionally until fragrant. About 5 minutes. Place toasted spices into a cotton muslin bag/herb sachet or cheesecloth then tie with butchers twine to seal.
  4. Bring stockpot with parboiled bones and water to a boil then lower to a gentle simmer. Add charred onion and ginger as well as the bag or sachet of toasted spices. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt, a 1/4 cup of fish sauce and the rock sugar. Continue to simmer broth, uncovered, for 3 hours. If at any time foam or scum rises to the surface, use a spoon to remove it.
  5. Use tongs or a wide mesh spoon to remove bones, onion and ginger from broth then strain broth through a fine mesh strainer. The broth will have a layer of fat at the the top. There are two ways to remove this. First, if you plan to enjoy the broth now, skim the fat from the top of the broth using a spoon. If you do not mind waiting, you can also pour broth into containers then refrigerate overnight. As the broth cools, the fat will solidify, making it very easy to remove.
  6. ASSEMBLY - Bring the broth to a gentle simmer over medium heat. - - If you are using dried noodles, add noodles to a bowl then cover with hot water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes until soft and opaque. If you are using fresh, add to a colander then rinse with cold water.
  7. To cook the noodles, bring a medium saucepan filled with water to a boil. Place noodles into boiling water and cook for about 10 seconds or until they collapse. Drain noodles then divide between bowls. (We like to fill each bowl by 1/3 with noodles).
  8. Arrange slices of raw meat into bowls, and then top with the hot broth. Finish broth with onion slices and cilantro. Serve bowls with a plate of optional garnishes listed above.

On a cold evening, after a rough day at work, when we're sick, on a lazy weekend afternoon — a bowl of. Phở or pho is a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles (bánh phở), herbs, and meat (usually beef) (phở bò), sometimes chicken (phở gà). We take our Pho very seriously. One of the greatest noodle soups in the whole world commands respect! Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup is labor intensive and all the components take up a lot of space in the fridge.

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