Vietnamese Pho

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ingredients


cooking steps

  1. Char the onion and ginger in a hot pan.
  2. Toast the spices to bring out their flavor.
  3. Boil the beef bones and brisket for a few minutes, then rinse them clean.
  4. Simmer the bones, brisket, onion, ginger, and spices for several hours to make the broth.
  5. Strain the broth and season it with fish sauce, salt, and sugar.
  6. Cook the rice noodles according to the package instructions.
  7. Place noodles, sliced beef, and brisket into a bowl.
  8. Ladle hot broth over the beef and noodles.
  9. Top with bean sprouts, basil, lime, hoisin sauce, and sriracha.
  10. Enjoy!

Recipe Lore

Pho comes from the motherland of the great war titans. People in Vietnam relied on this dish throughout war and chaos.