Pho Bo
Vietnamese beef noodle soup — a broth built on charred aromatics and toasted spice, simmered for hours and served scalding over raw sliced beef.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 kg beef bones and oxtail
- 500 g beef brisket
- 5 l water
- 2 pieces onions
- 100 g ginger
- 5 pieces star anise
- 1 pieces cinnamon stick
- 5 pieces cloves
- 1 tbsp coriander seeds
- 60 ml fish sauce
- 30 g rock sugar
- 400 g flat rice noodles
- 300 g beef sirloin, sliced paper-thin
- 100 g beansprouts
- 1 bunch Thai basil and coriander, to serve
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- 1 red chilli, sliced
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 9518 kcal · P 831.4g · C 468.8g · F 450.9g
Estimated from 17 of 17 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Parboil the bones in water for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse them thoroughly. This is the step that gives you a clear broth.
- 2Char the halved onions and ginger directly over a flame or under a hot grill until blackened in patches.
- 3Toast the star anise, cinnamon, cloves and coriander seeds in a dry pan until fragrant, then tie them in a cloth.
- 4Cover the bones and brisket with 5 litres of water, add the charred aromatics and the spice bundle, and simmer gently for 4 hours. Never let it boil hard — it clouds.
- 5Remove the brisket after 90 minutes, cool it and slice thinly.
- 6Season the strained broth with fish sauce and rock sugar until it is savoury and faintly sweet.
- 7Soften the noodles in hot water and divide between bowls. Top with the raw sirloin and cooked brisket.
- 8Ladle the boiling broth over the raw beef so it cooks in the bowl. Serve with the Thai basil and coriander, beansprouts, lime wedges and chilli.
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Questions and answers
How long does Pho Bo take to make?
About 315 minutes: 45 min prep and 270 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Pho Bo?
17 ingredients: beef bones and oxtail, beef brisket, water, onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves, coriander seeds, fish sauce, rock sugar, flat rice noodles and 5 more.
How many servings does this Pho Bo recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Pho Bo?
About 1586 kcal, with 138.6 g protein, 78.1 g carbohydrate and 75.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Pho Bo?
Pho Bo comes from Vietnamese cuisine.
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