Pho Bo Recipe - Beef Noodle Soup Recipe

Recipe for Pho Bo

 

Pho Bo recipe or Pho recipe or Beef Noodle Soup recipe is the most famous Vietnamese recipe. The Vietnamese beef noodle soup is so popular that you can see many pho restaurants throughout the world. Vietnamese Pho Bo is easily found in every corner of Vietnam and is often regarded as the Vietnam's national dish. Pho soup or pho Vietnamese or beef soup noodle is known for its exotic taste. The Vietnamese beef noodles soup is the number one traditional breakfast dish in Vietnam.

Ingredients for pho bo soup when following this easy to cook pho recipe

  • 550 g beef brisket

  • 1 1/4 kg beef bones

  • 200 g thinly sliced raw beef sirloin

  • 2 1/3 liters water

  • 220 g dried string-like rice noodles

  • 1 1/2 peeled and bruised small-sized onion

  • 1 1/2 sliced small-sized onion

  • 1 whole 12 cm rinsed and bruised fresh ginger root

  • 1 cinnamon stick 6 cm in length

  • 4 star anise pods

  • 1 1/4 tablespoons fish sauce

  • 1/4 tablespoon sugar

  • 3/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

  • 60 g bean sprouts, remove the tops and tails

  • 30 g minced saw-leaf herb leaves (ngo gai) for garnishing

  • 1 1/2 sliced scallion for garnishing

  • bottled chili sauce, to serve

  • yellow bean sauce, to serve

  • ground white pepper

  • pinch of salt

Accompaniments for Vietnamese beef noodle soup

  • sprigs of mint leaves

  • sprigs of saw-leaf herb leaves (ngo gai)

  • sprigs of coriander leaves (cilantro)

  • 3 finger-length deseeded and sliced red chilies

  • 3 limes, cut into wedges

How to make Beef Noodle Soup from Vietnam

  • rinse the beef bones and beef brisket under running water

  • dry with absorbent paper

  • grill ginger and onion in frying pan for five minutes

  • remove and set aside as per the beef soup noodles

  • boil water in a pot under high temperature

  • add beef bones and beef brisket

  • skim off any foam that floats to the top

  • add grilled ginger and onion together with cinnamon, salt and star anise

  • lower heat and boil with medium temperature

  • simmer for seventy minutes or until beef is tender

  • remove pot from the heat

  • take out beef from stock as shown in this pho recipe

  • cut beef into thin slices and set aside

  • strain the stock and add the clear soup back to the pot

  • season the clear soup with fish sauce, salt, sugar and pepper

  • keep soup hot under low temperature as per the pho recipe

  • boil water in a separate pot

  • put in rice noodles and cook rice noodles until soft, say for six minutes

  • remove, rinse with running tap water and then drain

  • put the cooked rice noodles into serving bowls before you can serve the beef noodle soup

  • top with bean sprouts, onions and beef slices

  • add in the cooked beef slices and the raw beef slices into the pho bo

  • pour in the hot beef soup as per the Vietnamese beef noodle soup recipe

  • sprinkle the Vietnamese beef soup noodle with pepper

  • add scallions and saw-leaf herb leaves for garnishing

  • serve the Pho Bo beef soup with noodle with limes, mint leaves, red chilies and saw-leaf herb leaves

  • you can also serve pho soup with cilantro (coriander leaves)

  • this Vietnamese Pho Bo noodle soup recipe can serve up to 6 people

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